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| 20120035907 | TRANSLATING LANGUAGES A method, performed on a server, of translating between languages includes receiving first audio data for a first language from a mobile device, translating the first audio data to second audio data for a second language, receiving an indication that the mobile device h... | 02/09/2012 |
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| 20110270601 | UNIVERSAL TRANSLATOR A speech translator includes a device adapted to be worn in the ear and includes means responsive to audible speech in a first language to convert that speech to electrical signals representing words and phrases and applying the signals to a database to retrieve other s... | 11/03/2011 |
| 20110218812 | Increasing the relevancy of media content The present invention relates to increasing the relevance of media content communicated to consumers who are consuming the media content. In this regard, at least one of a personal device can be synced with a media device, each of the personal device is associated with ... | 09/08/2011 |
| 20110144974 | FOREIGN LANGUAGE WRITING SERVICE METHOD AND SYSTEM A foreign language writing service method includes: recognizing, when a mixed text of foreign language portions and mother tongue portions is entered by a learner, the mother tongue portions from the mixed text; translating the mother tongue portions; combining a mother... | 06/16/2011 |
| 20110134910 | REAL-TIME VOIP COMMUNICATIONS USING N-WAY SELECTIVE LANGUAGE PROCESSING A computer-implemented method and system of enabling concurrent real-time multi-language communication between multiple participants using a selective broadcast protocol, the method including receiving at a first server a real-time communication from a first participant... | 06/09/2011 |
| 20110077933 | Multiple Language/Media Translation Optimization A mechanism is provided for optimizing a language/media translation map. A user input is received comprising an input language/media selection, one or more output languages/medias selections, and a threshold for at least one of accuracy or throughput of one or more requ... | 03/31/2011 |
| 20110046941 | Advanced Natural Language Translation System The present invention is an Advanced Natural Language Translation System (ANLTS). It discloses a method to address the most common variation in the world, which is communication gap between people of different ethnicity. Typically, communication is said to be successful... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20100324884 | ENHANCED TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEM A communication system for dynamically translating a verbal communication from a first language to a second language is disclosed. The system includes a communication device operably connected to a translation module which possesses the capability of converting a verbal... | 12/23/2010 |
| 20100299150 | Language Translation System A language translation system is generally described that facilitates parties who speak different languages to communicate with one another as though each were speaking the same language on their respective communication devices. Example language translation systems inc... | 11/25/2010 |
| 20100299147 | SPEECH-TO-SPEECH TRANSLATION Systems and methods for facilitating communication including recognizing speech in a first language represented in a first audio signal; forming a first text representation of the speech; processing the first text representation to form data representing a second audio ... | 11/25/2010 |
| 20100223049 | MACHINE LANGUAGE TRANSLATION WITH TRANSFER MAPPINGS HAVING VARYING CONTEXT A computer-implemented machine translation system translates text from a first language to a second language. The system includes a plurality of mappings, each mapping indicative of associating a dependency structure of the first language with a dependency structure of ... | 09/02/2010 |
| 20100169073 | Foldable Wireless Device for Language Translation A foldable handheld communication device with a clamshell housing which when used is unfolded to cover the mouth area of a user wherein such arrangement allows said device to be portable and be stored in a pocket or purse. Said device comprises a microphone to capture s... | 07/01/2010 |
| 20100118189 | Closed Caption Translation Apparatus and Method of Translating Closed Captioning In one embodiment, a method is provided that includes receiving a transmitted combined video and closed caption (CC) signal. The combined signal is separated into a CC signal and a video signal. The CC signal is converted into an original CC text stream. The method also... | 05/13/2010 |
| 20100036653 | METHOD AND APPARATUS OF TRANSLATING LANGUAGE USING VOICE RECOGNITION The present invention relates to a method and apparatus of translating a language using voice recognition. The present invention provides a method of translating a language using voice recognition, comprising: receiving a voice input comprising a first language; acquiri... | 02/11/2010 |
| 20100023312 | SYSTEM AND METHOD ENABLING BI-TRANSLATION FOR IMPROVED PRESCRIPTION ACCURACY A system for bi-translation of speech and writing is provided. The system can comprise one or more electronic data processors contained within one or more computing devices. The system can also include a module configured to execute on the one or more electronic data pr... | 01/28/2010 |
| 20090313023 | Multilingual text-to-speech system The invention converts raw data in a base language (e.g. English) into conversational formatted messages in multiple languages. The process converts input data rows into related sequences to a set of prerecorded audio phrase files. The sequences reference both recorded ... | 12/17/2009 |
| 20090265175 | Method and system for providing a translation service for a voice channel There is provided a method for providing a translation service for a voice channel. The method comprises receiving a translation request from a first person at a first endpoint of the voice channel, selecting a language translator based on the translation request receiv... | 10/22/2009 |
| 20090248422 | INTRA-LANGUAGE STATISTICAL MACHINE TRANSLATION Training data may be provided, the training data including pairs of source phrases and target phrases. The pairs may be used to train an intra-language statistical machine translation model, where the intra-language statistical machine translation model, when given an i... | 10/01/2009 |
| 20090228282 | Gaming Machine and Gaming System with Interactive Feature, Playing Method of Gaming Machine, and Control Method of Gaming System A gaming machine and a gaming system include an engine for interactively advancing a game by a conversation with a player using sounds and texts as media.... | 09/10/2009 |
| 20090204401 | SPEECH PROCESSING SYSTEM, SPEECH PROCESSING METHOD, AND SPEECH PROCESSING PROGRAM Provided is a speech translation system for receiving an input of the original speech in a first language, translating an input content into a second language, and outputting a result of the translating as a speech, including: an input processing part for receiving the ... | 08/13/2009 |
| 20090164208 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ALIGNING PARALLEL SPOKEN LANGUAGE CORPORA The method for aligning parallel spoken language corpora comprises obtaining a statistics method and dictionaries-based word alignment set from the parallel spoken language corpora, aligning chunks of the parallel spoken language corpora by using the statistics method a... | 06/25/2009 |
| 20090157410 | Speech Translating System Disclosed is a speech translating system for translating speech from a first language to a language selected from a set of second languages. The system includes an input unit, a processor, and an output unit. The input unit is capable of receiving the speech in the firs... | 06/18/2009 |
| 20090119091 | Automated pattern based human assisted computerized translation network systems A system and method for automated languages translation comprising a database containing pre-translated patterns that were translated by human translators, generating a transparent and seamless translation service. Whenever a user issues a translation request, the syste... | 05/07/2009 |
| 20090112575 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR LOCALIZING ASSETS USING FLEXIBLE METADATA A system and method for managing localization workflow for video game development is disclosed. The method includes determining that a string is to be translated. The method further includes associating a translator with the string. The method further includes providing... | 04/30/2009 |
| 20090094018 | Flexible Phrasebook A method and a device including a display, a memory, a processor and a keypad, wherein the device is configured to identify a flexible phrase having at least one empty field, receive input corresponding to at least one field value and insert said at least one field valu... | 04/09/2009 |
| 20090089066 | RAPID AUTOMATIC USER TRAINING WITH SIMULATED BILINGUAL USER ACTIONS AND RESPONSES IN SPEECH-TO-SPEECH TRANSLATION A system and method for automatic user training in speech-to-speech translation includes integrating an automatic user response system configured to be responsive to a plurality of training items and selecting a training item from the plurality of training items. For th... | 04/02/2009 |
| 20090070102 | SPEECH RECOGNITION METHOD, SPEECH RECOGNITION SYSTEM AND SERVER THEREOF A speech recognition method includes a model selection step which selects a recognition model and translation dictionary information based on characteristic information of input speech and a speech recognition step which translates input speech into text data based on t... | 03/12/2009 |
| 20090055158 | Speech translation apparatus and method A speech translation apparatus includes a speech recognition unit configured to recognize input speech of a first language to generate a first text of the first language, an extraction unit configured to compare original prosody information of the input speech with firs... | 02/26/2009 |
| 20090048821 | MOBILE LANGUAGE INTERPRETER WITH TEXT TO SPEECH Embodiments are directed towards a language learning environment accessible from within virtually any website that enables a user to practice a language using tools such as translators, and text to speech capabilities. In one embodiment, the user may access a webpage in... | 02/19/2009 |
| 20090018842 | AUTOMATED SPEECH RECOGNITION (ASR) CONTEXT Techniques are described to create a context for use in automated speech recognition. In an implementation, a determination is made as to which data received by a position-determining device is selectable to initiate one or more functions of the position-determining dev... | 01/15/2009 |
| 20090015567 | Digital Stand Alone Device For Processing Handwritten Input A standalone real time device to process handwritten text for further applications. The system includes a means for making visible markings on writing surface, accompanied with a motion detector for detecting the handwritten text. It also comprises a microprocessor for ... | 01/15/2009 |
| 20090006097 | Pronunciation correction of text-to-speech systems between different spoken languages Pronunciation correction for text-to-speech (TTS) systems and speech recognition (SR) systems between different languages is provided. If a word requiring pronunciation by a target language TTS or SR is from a same language as the target language, but is not found in a ... | 01/01/2009 |
| 20080312920 | SPEECH-TO-SPEECH GENERATION SYSTEM AND METHOD An expressive speech-to-speech generation system which can generate expressive speech output by using expressive parameters extracted from the original speech signal to drive the standard TTS system. The system comprises: speech recognition means, machine translation me... | 12/18/2008 |
| 20080262827 | Real-Time Translation Of Text, Voice And Ideograms A system and method translate a statement in real time. Artificial intelligence translates text, speech or ideograms from a first language to a second language. The translated statement may be edited by a person at the source of the message and/or a person receiving the... | 10/23/2008 |
| 20080228639 | System and Method for Providing Prepaid Language Interpretation Services A method is provided. The method provides a user with a prepaid account with a predetermined number of units for language interpretation service. Further, the method provides a live language interpretation service, through a telephone call, to the user. In addition, the... | 09/18/2008 |
| 20080215338 | Dialog supporting apparatus A dialog supporting apparatus which can support an on-going dialog so that the dialog is smoothly completed. The dialog supporting apparatus includes an utterance receiving unit which receives an utterance of a dialog participant and outputs utterance information, an ut... | 09/04/2008 |
| 20080208596 | AUTOMATED INTERPRETATION OF CLINICAL ENCOUNTERS WITH CULTURAL CUES A method, system and a computer program product for an automated interpretation and translation are disclosed. An automated interpretation occurs by receiving language-based content from a user. The received language-based content is processed to interpret the received ... | 08/28/2008 |
| 20080208597 | APPARATUS, METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR PROCESSING INPUT SPEECH An analyzing unit performs a morphological analysis of an input character string that is obtained by processing input speech. A generating unit divides the input character string in units of division previously decided, that is composed of one or plural morphemes, and g... | 08/28/2008 |
| 20080201151 | INFORMATION-PROCESSING DEVICE AND INFORMATION-PROCESSING METHOD An information-processing device and method that attains speech-recognition to recognize data input via speech. The information-processing device and method includes analyzing speech-recognition-grammar data, generating data on a template used to input data by speech ba... | 08/21/2008 |
