Patent ID: 9361908
Filing Date: 2016-06-07
CPC Classification: G09B,G10L

Claim Text:
1. A computer-implemented method of scoring non-native speech, comprising: receiving, using a processing system, two or more speech samples, wherein each of the samples is of speech spoken by a non-native speaker, the two or more speech samples including (i) a first audio recording of a first spoken response that responds to a first prompt, and (ii) a second audio recording of a second spoken response that responds to a second prompt, the second prompt being different from the first prompt, wherein the first audio recording is distinct from the second audio recording and is captured at a different time than the second audio recording, and wherein each of the samples is spoken in response to distinct prompts; concatenating, using the processing system, the two or more samples to generate a concatenated response for the non-native speaker, wherein the concatenating includes appending the second audio recording at an end of the first audio recording, and wherein the concatenated response is based on the two or more speech samples that were elicited using the distinct prompts; computing, using the processing system, a concatenated speech proficiency metric based on the concatenated response; providing, using the processing system, the concatenated speech proficiency metric to a scoring model, wherein the scoring model generates a speaking score based on the concatenated speech metric.