Abstract: A method may include obtaining first audio data of a first communication session between a first and second device and during the first communication session, obtaining a first text string that is a transcription of the first audio data and training a model of an automatic speech recognition system using the first text string and the first audio data. The method may further include in response to completion of the training, deleting the first audio data and the first text string and after deleting the first audio data and the first text string, obtaining second audio data of a second communication session between a third and fourth device and during the second communication session obtaining a second text string that is a transcription of the second audio data and further training the model of the automatic speech recognition system using the second text string and the second audio data.

Abstract: A method may include obtaining a first audio signal including first speech originating at a remote device during a communication session between the remote device and a communication device and obtaining a second audio signal including second speech originating at the communication device during the communication session between the remote device and the communication device. The method may also include obtaining a characteristic of the communication session from one or more of: the first audio signal, the second audio signal, and settings of the communication device and determining a hearing level of a user of the communication device using the characteristic of the communication session.

Abstract: A method may include obtaining a text string that is a transcription of audio data and selecting a sequence of words from the text string as a first word sequence. The method may further include encrypting the first word sequence and comparing the encrypted first word sequence to multiple encrypted word sequences. Each of the multiple encrypted word sequences may be associated with a corresponding one of multiple counters. The method may also include in response to the encrypted first word sequence corresponding to one of the multiple encrypted word sequences based on the comparison, incrementing a counter of the multiple counters associated with the one of the multiple encrypted word sequences and adapting a language model of an automatic transcription system using the multiple encrypted word sequences and the multiple counters.

Abstract: A method may include obtaining first audio data of a first communication session between a first and second device and during the first communication session, obtaining a first text string that is a transcription of the first audio data and training a model of an automatic speech recognition system using the first text string and the first audio data. The method may further include in response to completion of the training, deleting the first audio data and the first text string and after deleting the first audio data and the first text string, obtaining second audio data of a second communication session between a third and fourth device and during the second communication session obtaining a second text string that is a transcription of the second audio data and further training the model of the automatic speech recognition system using the second text string and the second audio data.

Abstract: The invention provides a photonic chip comprising: a silicon substrate, an low refractive index layer above the silicon substrate, and a tapered waveguide above the low refractive index layer, the tapered waveguide having a first height at a first end of the tapered waveguide and a second height at a second end of the tapered waveguide, the second height being greater than the first height, and the tapered waveguide having a bottom surface that is closer to the substrate at the second end than at the first end.

Abstract: A method of transcript presentation may include generating, by a device, audio data by capturing via a microphone of the device an audible audio signal that is broadcast by the device. The audible audio signal may include words. The method may also include obtaining, at the device, transcript data. The transcript data may be generated using the audio data and may include a transcription of the words of the audible audio data. The method may also include presenting, by the device, the transcription.

Abstract: A method may include obtaining, at a system, audio during a communication session that includes a first device and a second device. In these and other embodiments, the audio may originate at the second device. The method may further include selecting, automatically and independently by the system based on one or more features of the communication session, a first translation process instead of a second translation process to translate between sign language and language data during the communication session. The method may also include using the selected one of the first translation process and the second translation process to generate a video that includes sign language content based on the audio.

Abstract: A method may include obtaining a data stream with language data for translation by a translation system configured to translate between sign language and other language forms. The method may further include storing one or more portions of the data stream and directing a current portion of the data stream to the translation system. The method may also include providing the stored one or more of the portions of the data stream to the translation system and translating, by the translation system, the current portion of the data stream using the current portion of the data stream and the stored one or more of the portions of the data stream provided to the translation system.

Abstract: A method may include in response to a communication session not being established between a first communication device and a second communication device, obtaining an audio message from the first communication device. In these and other embodiments, the method may include storing the audio message and after storing the audio message, generating, by an automated generation system that includes one or more first machine learning models, video that includes sign language content corresponding to the audio message. The method may also include storing the video.

Abstract: A method may include providing first training data to a translation system configured to translate between sign language and language data. In some embodiments, the translation system may include multiple stages and each of the stages including one or more machine learning models. The method may further include obtaining a first hypothesis output from the translation system based on the first training data and modifying one or more of the machine learning models based on the first hypothesis output. The method may also include providing second training data to a first set of the stages without providing the second training data to other of the stages. The method may further include obtaining a second hypothesis output from the first set of the stages based on the second training data and modifying the machine learning models of the first set of the stages based on the second hypothesis output.

Abstract: A method including obtaining, during a communication session between a first device and a second device, video data that includes sign language content. In these and other embodiments, the sign language content may include one or more video frames of a figure performing sign language. The method may further include obtaining audio data that represents the sign language content in the video data and providing, during the communication session, the video data and the audio data to a sign language processing system that includes a machine learning model. In these and other embodiments, the video data and the audio data may be generated independent of the sign language processing system. The method may also include training the machine learning model during the communication session using the video data and the audio data.

Abstract: A method may include obtaining, at a first device, video data of a video communication session between a first user of the first device and a second user of a second device. The video data may include sign language content. The method may also include procuring multiple sign language objects. Each of the sign language objects may corresponding to a video segment of the video data that includes multiple video frames, and including features of the video segment that conveys one or more word. The method may further include obtaining, at the first device, communication data representing the sign language content in the video data and associating, each of the sign language objects with a different portion of the communication data. The method may further include constructing a sign language recognition model using the sign language objects, the communication data, and the association therebetween.

Abstract: A method to access a device may include obtaining, at a first device, data over a short-range wireless network from a second device. The data may originate at a remote system that sends the data to the second device through a network connection over a wide area network. The method may also include in response to a fault at the second device, obtaining, at the first device from the remote system, a maintenance command for the second device. The maintenance command may be obtained by the first device over an analog voice network. The method may also include directing, from the first device to the second device, the maintenance command over the short-range wireless network to enable the second device to perform the maintenance command.

Abstract: A method to transcribe communications may include selecting a first transcription generation technique from among multiple transcription generation techniques for generating transcriptions of audio of one or more communication sessions that involve a user device and obtaining performances of the multiple transcription generation techniques with respect to generating the transcriptions of the audio. The method may also include monitoring comparisons between the performances of the multiple transcription generation techniques and obtaining input from the user with respect to the comparisons. The method may further include selecting a second transcription generation technique from among the multiple transcription generation techniques based on the input from the user.

Abstract: A method may include obtaining a first video that includes sign language content. In some embodiments, the sign language content may include one or more video frames of a figure performing sign language. The method may also include obtaining language data that represents the sign language content in the first video and creating a second video including sign language content by altering the first video. The method may further include training a machine learning model of a translation system configured to translate between sign language and language data using the second video and the language data.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a photonic chip. The method comprises providing a wafer comprising a silicon substrate, and a low refractive index layer above the silicon substrate, forming a first trench having a first height and a second trench having a second height by etching the low refractive index layer. The second height is greater than the first height and the second trench has a bottom surface that is closer to the substrate than a bottom surface of the first trench.

Abstract: A method of transcription communication may include obtaining, at a first device, audio data during a communication session between the first device and a remote device. The audio data may be obtained from a public switched telephone network. The method may also include directing the audio data from the first device to a second device over a short-range wireless network. The second device may host the short-range wireless network. The method may further include directing the audio data from the second device to a remote transcription system over a wireless cellular network and obtaining, at the second device, transcript data from the remote transcription system over the wireless cellular network. The method may also include limiting data transmitted and received over the wireless cellular network as authorized by the second device to data associated with transcription of audio obtained by the first device over the public switched telephone network.

Abstract: A method of providing continuous user authentication for resource access control includes launching a continuous authentication service at a boot time of a first device, wherein the first device includes a processor, a memory, and one or more sensors configured to collect authentication information. Additionally, the method includes receiving authentication information comprising one or more of explicit authentication information or implicit authentication information, and receiving a request for access to a resource of the first device. Further, the method includes the operations of determining, by the continuous authentication service, a current value of a security state, the current value of the security state based in part on a time interval between a receipt time of the authentication information and a current time and controlling access to the resource based on the current value of the security state.

Abstract: In some aspects, the techniques described herein relate to a method including calling, by a first event driven function associated with a spoke account, an inventory interface of the spoke account; writing, by the first event driven function, inventory data received from the inventory interface to a messaging queue, wherein the messaging queue is associated with a hub account; receiving, by a second event driven function, the inventory data from the messaging queue, wherein the second event driven function is associated with the hub account; writing, by the second event driven function, the inventory data to a database, wherein the database is associated with the hub account; executing, by a third event driven function, a query of the database, wherein the query retrieves the inventory data, and wherein the third event driven function is associated with an administrative account; and displaying the inventory data via a front-end application.

Abstract: A method may include obtaining a first audio signal including first speech originating at a remote device during a communication session between the remote device and a communication device and obtaining a second audio signal including second speech originating at the communication device during the communication session between the remote device and the communication device. The method may also include obtaining a characteristic of the communication session from one or more of: the first audio signal, the second audio signal, and settings of the communication device and determining a hearing level of a user of the communication device using the characteristic of the communication session.