Patents by Inventor Timothy Edwin Harris

Timothy Edwin Harris has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Crowd-sourcing pronunciation corrections in text-to-speech engines
    Patent number: 9275633
    Abstract: Technologies are described herein for providing validated text-to-speech correction hints from aggregated pronunciation corrections received from text-to-speech applications. A number of pronunciation corrections are received by a Web service. The pronunciation corrections may be provided by users of text-to-speech applications executing on a variety of user computer systems. Each of the plurality of pronunciation corrections includes a specification of a word or phrase and a suggested pronunciation provided by the user. The pronunciation corrections are analyzed to generate validated correction hints, and the validated correction hints are provided back to the text-to-speech applications to be used to correct pronunciation of words and phrases in the text-to-speech applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2016
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Jeremy Edward Cath, Timothy Edwin Harris, James Oliver Tisdale, III
  • Distributed user input to text generated by a speech to text transcription service
    Patent number: 8930189
    Abstract: A particular method includes receiving, at a representational state transfer endpoint device, a first user input related to a first speech to text conversion performed by a speech to text transcription service. The method also includes receiving, at the representational state transfer endpoint device, a second user input related to a second speech to text conversion performed by the speech to text transcription service. The method includes processing of the first user input and the second user input at the representational state transfer endpoint device to generate speech to text adjustment information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Jeremy Edward Cath, Timothy Edwin Harris, Marc Mercuri, James Oliver Tisdale, III
  • Distributed user input to text generated by a speech to text transcription service
    Patent number: 8898061
    Abstract: A particular method includes receiving, at a representational state transfer endpoint device, a first user input related to a first speech to text conversion performed by a speech to text transcription service. The method also includes receiving, at the representational state transfer endpoint device, a second user input related to a second speech to text conversion performed by the speech to text transcription service. The method includes processing of the first user input and the second user input at the representational state transfer endpoint device to generate speech to text adjustment information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2014
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Jeremy Edward Cath, Timothy Edwin Harris, Marc Mercuri, James Oliver Tisdale, III
  • CROWD-SOURCING PRONUNCIATION CORRECTIONS IN TEXT-TO-SPEECH ENGINES
    Publication number: 20130179170
    Abstract: Technologies are described herein for providing validated text-to-speech correction hints from aggregated pronunciation corrections received from text-to-speech applications. A number of pronunciation corrections are received by a Web service. The pronunciation corrections may be provided by users of text-to-speech applications executing on a variety of user computer systems. Each of the plurality of pronunciation corrections includes a specification of a word or phrase and a suggested pronunciation provided by the user. The pronunciation corrections are analyzed to generate validated correction hints, and the validated correction hints are provided back to the text-to-speech applications to be used to correct pronunciation of words and phrases in the text-to-speech applications.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2012
    Publication date: July 11, 2013
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Jeremy Edward Cath, Timothy Edwin Harris, James Oliver Tisdale, III
  • DISTRIBUTED USER INPUT TO TEXT GENERATED BY A SPEECH TO TEXT TRANSCRIPTION SERVICE
    Publication number: 20130110509
    Abstract: A particular method includes receiving, at a representational state transfer endpoint device, a first user input related to a first speech to text conversion performed by a speech to text transcription service. The method also includes receiving, at the representational state transfer endpoint device, a second user input related to a second speech to text conversion performed by the speech to text transcription service. The method includes processing of the first user input and the second user input at the representational state transfer endpoint device to generate speech to text adjustment information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2011
    Publication date: May 2, 2013
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Jeremy Edward Cath, Timothy Edwin Harris, Marc Mercuri, James Oliver Tisdale, III