Patent ID: 9653096
Date: 2017-05-16
CPC Classifications: G10L

Claim:
1. A computer-implemented method performed by an electronic data processing apparatus to implement a suggestion engine, comprising: configuring a variable, which is independent from an attribute associated with content of a digital audio recording captured by a microphone and featuring one or more human voices, using a processor, by: defining a quality score impact function characterizing a plurality of weight values having a maximum and tapering away in one or two respective bands adjacent to the maximum to produce a range of weight values, and defining a scale setting a minimum and a maximum range of values for the variable corresponding to the range of weight values; calculating, by the processor, an impact on a quality score of one of the values for the variable according to the quality score impact function to produce an impact value; adjusting, by the processor, the quality score based on the calculated impact value to cause a qualitative improvement in a content of a further digital audio recording, wherein the weight values in the one or two respective bands have a negative impact on the quality score, whereas weight values outside the respective bands have a positive impact on the quality score; causing a representation of the adjusted quality score to be displayed on an electronic display device of a client device; determining from the adjusted quality score a suggestion for adjusting the attribute to produce a qualitative improvement in the content of the further digital audio recording; causing the suggestion to be displayed on the electronic display of the client device; causing an adjustment to the attribute associated with content of the further digital audio recording according to an extent indicated at least by the adjusted quality score; and storing, by the electronic data processing apparatus, the further digital audio recording, wherein the further digital audio recording has a smaller file size compared to the digital audio recording, and wherein the further digital audio recording produces a higher quality score compared to the adjusted quality score in response to carrying out the suggestion.