Patent ID: 7092873
Filing Date: 2006-08-15
Classification: G10L

Abstract:
1. A method of upgrading a data stream of multimedia data, said data stream comprising features with a textual description, said textual description comprising a plurality of words, said method comprising the steps of: a) including a set of phonetic translation hints in the data stream of the multimedia data in addition to the textual description, wherein each of said phonetic translation hints comprises a repeated word of the textual description and a phonetic transcription of said repeated word, and each of said phonetic translation hints is provided only once in said data stream, wherein said phonetic transcription of said repeated word determines pronunciation of said repeated word and is valid for said textual description without requiring repetition of said phonetic transcription hint for said repeated word at each occurrence of said repeated word in said textual description; and b) using each of said phonetic transcription hints provided in the data stream to define pronunciation of said repeated word associated therewith at each occurrence of said repeated word in said textual description.