ADJUSTING SPEECH RATE FOR AN AUDIO INPUT
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Applicant
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
Inventor
Mikael Hillborg
IPC Classification
CPC Classification
According to one embodiment, a method, computer system, and computer program product for adjusting speech rate for an audio input is provided. The present invention may include applying syllable onset analysis to speech input in a buffer period; determining an average inter-syllable time for the buffer period; determining a rate adjustment required for the average inter-syllable time of the buffer period to conform to a target speech rate; applying a smoothing filter to smooth the rate adjustments across multiple sequential buffer periods; and adjusting the buffer period based on the smoothed rate adjustment.
Original (Chinese)
According to one embodiment, a method, computer system, and computer program product for adjusting speech rate for an audio input is provided. The present invention may include applying syllable onset analysis to speech input in a buffer period; determining an average inter-syllable time for the buffer period; determining a rate adjustment required for the average inter-syllable time of the buffer period to conform to a target speech rate; applying a smoothing filter to smooth the rate adjustments across multiple sequential buffer periods; and adjusting the buffer period based on the smoothed rate adjustment.
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