Patent ID: 6498834
Filing Date: 2002-12-24
Classification: G10L,H04M

Abstract:
A system comprising:a first converter for converting an input speech signal to character code information representative of recognized words of said input speech signal and speech feature information representative of user specific speech characteristics of a speaker generating said input speech signal, said user specific speech characteristics comprising a vocal tract feature of the speaker and a speed of the speech of the speaker; a character code transmitter for transmitting the character code information to a transmission line; a speech feature information transmitter for transmitting the speech feature information to a transmission line; a receiver for receiving character code information corresponding to said recognized words and speech feature information from the transmission line; and a second converter for converting received character code information and speech information to an output speech signal corresponding to said recognized words and having audible speech characteristics substantially identical to the content of said input speech signal and the user specific speech characteristics of said speaker.