Patent ID: 8478596

Claim:
A device, comprising: a memory to store a plurality of speech inputs, each speech input, of the stored plurality of speech inputs, being received from a corresponding party of a plurality of parties; and a processor to: receive a first speech input from a particular party of the plurality of parties, access the speech input, of the stored plurality of speech inputs, received from the particular party based on receiving the first speech input, the accessed speech input including a particular phrase, provide a prompt to the particular party for the particular phrase, receive a second speech input from the particular party based on providing the prompt to the particular party, determine speech characteristics of the particular phrase included in the accessed speech input and speech characteristics of the received second speech input, the determined speech characteristics of the particular phrase including a number of pauses in the particular phrase, a frequency variability of a portion of the particular phrase, and at least one of: a non-fluency of a portion of the particular phrase, a speaking rate associated with the particular phrase, a length of a pause in the particular phrase, a misarticulation of a portion of the particular phrase, or a vocal intensity of a portion of the particular phrase, and the determined speech characteristics of the received second speech input including a number of pauses in the received second speech input, a frequency variability of a portion of the received second speech input, and at least one of: a non-fluency of a portion of the received second speech input, a speaking rate associated with the received second speech input, a length of a pause in the received second speech input, a misarticulation of a portion of the received second speech input, or a vocal intensity of a portion of the received second speech input, compare the determined speech characteristics of the particular phrase to the determined speech characteristics of the received second speech input to produce a result, and determine whether the party is impaired based on the result.