Patent ID: 9484017
Filing Date: 2016-11-01
CPC Classification: G10L

Claim Text:
1. An apparatus for translating speech, the apparatus comprising: a first device including first circuitry configured to capture a first speech of a first language, and to output a second speech of the first language; a second device including second circuitry configured to output a third speech of a second language; and a server to execute speech-translation between the first device and the second device; the server comprising: third circuitry configured to recognize the first speech of the first language sent from the first circuitry, translate a speech recognition result of the first speech into the second language, back translate a translation result of the second language into the first language, generate a first speech synthesis signal of a back translation result of the first language, send the first speech synthesis signal to the first circuitry to output the second speech of the first language, generate a second speech synthesis signal of the translation result, send the second speech synthesis signal to the second circuitry to output the third speech of the second language, and measure a duration of the second speech synthesis signal or a duration of the first speech synthesis signal; wherein the second speech of the first language and the third speech of the second language are outputted by synchronizing a start time and an end time of the second speech of the first language with a start time and an end time of the third speech of the second language respectively, based on the duration.