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20080215316 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR TRIMMING AUDIO FILES - A system for automatically trimming an audio files based upon textual content associated with the audio file is provided. The source of the textual content may be an electronic document or written language text. The textual content may include predefined hints, a text mark, or end-of-phrase punctuation mark. The system generates a trimming instruction based upon textual content corresponding to the audio file, and the audio file is trimmed based upon the trimming instruction. | 09-04-2008 |
20080313532 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REPURPOSING FORMATTED CONTENT - A method and system for reformatting data. The method involves a series of steps which can include identifying a template which corresponds to a specified document. The specified document can contain formatted data. Additionally, the step of applying a template to the specified document can be extracting data from the formatted content. The step of formatting the data using a different markup language can be performed. | 12-18-2008 |
20100293446 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR COUPLING A VISUAL BROWSER TO A VOICE BROWSER - A method and apparatus for concurrently accessing network-based electronic content in a Voice Browser and a Visual Browser can include the steps of retrieving a network-based document formatted for display in the Visual Browser; identifying in the retrieved document a reference to the Voice Browser, the reference specifying electronic content formatted for audible presentation in the Voice Browser; and, transmitting the reference to the Voice Browser. The Voice Browser can retrieve the specified electronic content and audibly present the electronic content. Concurrently, the Visual Browser can visually present the network-based document formatted for visual presentation in the Visual Browser. Likewise, the method of the invention can include the steps of retrieving a network-based document formatted for audible presentation in the Voice Browser; identifying in the retrieved document a reference to the Visual Browser, the reference specifying electronic content formatted for visual presentation in the Visual Browser; and, transmitting the reference to the Visual Browser. The Visual Browser can retrieve the specified electronic content and visually present the specified electronic content. Concurrently, the Voice Browser can audibly present the network-based document formatted for audible presentation in the Voice Browser. | 11-18-2010 |
20110119191 | LICENSE OPTIMIZATION IN A VIRTUALIZED ENVIRONMENT - License optimization using a virtualized environment that includes receiving, by a processing device, a system requirement, analyzing, by the processing device, a use of a software component installed in a system in view of a license associated with the software component, and generating, by the processing device, an indication for placement of a virtualization of the software component to satisfy the system requirement responsive to the analysis. The optimization optimizing cost comprising at least a charge for the license. | 05-19-2011 |
20110320203 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR IDENTIFYING AND CORRECTING ACCENT-INDUCED SPEECH RECOGNITION DIFFICULTIES - A system for use in speech recognition includes an acoustic module accessing a plurality of distinct-language acoustic models, each based upon a different language; a lexicon module accessing at least one lexicon model; and a speech recognition output module. The speech recognition output module generates a first speech recognition output using a first model combination that combines one of the plurality of distinct-language acoustic models with the at least one lexicon model. In response to a threshold determination, the speech recognition output module generates a second speech recognition output using a second model combination that combines a different one of the plurality of distinct-language acoustic models with the at least one distinct-language lexicon model. | 12-29-2011 |
20140039885 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR VOICE-ENABLING A WEB APPLICATION - Methods and apparatus for voice-enabling a web application, wherein the web application includes one or more web pages rendered by a web browser on a computer. At least one information source external to the web application is queried to determine whether information describing a set of one or more supported voice interactions for the web application is available, and in response to determining that the information is available, the information is retrieved from the at least one information source. Voice input for the web application is then enabled based on the retrieved information. | 02-06-2014 |
20140039898 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR VOICED-ENABLING A WEB APPLICATION - Methods and apparatus for voice-enabling a web application, wherein the web application includes one or more web pages rendered by a web browser on a computer. At least one information source external to the web application is queried to determine whether information describing a set of one or more supported voice interactions for the web application is available, and in response to determining that the information is available, the information is retrieved from the at least one information source. Voice input for the web application is then enabled based on the retrieved information. | 02-06-2014 |
20140040722 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR VOICED-ENABLING A WEB APPLICATION - Methods and apparatus for voice-enabling a web application, wherein the web application includes one or more web pages rendered by a web browser on a computer. At least one information source external to the web application is queried to determine whether information describing a set of one or more supported voice interactions for the web application is available, and in response to determining that the information is available, the information is retrieved from the at least one information source. Voice input for the web application is then enabled based on the retrieved information. | 02-06-2014 |
20140040745 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR VOICED-ENABLING A WEB APPLICATION - Methods and apparatus for voice-enabling a web application, wherein the web application includes one or more web pages rendered by a web browser on a computer. At least one information source external to the web application is queried to determine whether information describing a set of one or more supported voice interactions for the web application is available, and in response to determining that the information is available, the information is retrieved from the at least one information source. Voice input for the web application is then enabled based on the retrieved information. | 02-06-2014 |
20140040746 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR VOICED-ENABLING A WEB APPLICATION - Methods and apparatus for voice-enabling a web application, wherein the web application includes one or more web pages rendered by a web browser on a computer. At least one information source external to the web application is queried to determine whether information describing a set of one or more supported voice interactions for the web application is available, and in response to determining that the information is available, the information is retrieved from the at least one information source. Voice input for the web application is then enabled based on the retrieved information. | 02-06-2014 |
20140089783 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR COUPLING A VISUAL BROWSER TO A VOICE BROWSER - A method and apparatus for concurrently accessing network-based electronic content in a Voice Browser and a Visual Browser can include retrieving a network-based document formatted for display in the Visual Browser; identifying in the retrieved document a reference to the Voice Browser specifying electronic content formatted for audible presentation in the Voice Browser. The Voice Browser can retrieve and audibly present the specified electronic content concurrently with the Visual Browser visually presenting the network-based document. The method can include retrieving a network-based document formatted for audible presentation in the Voice Browser; identifying in the retrieved document a reference to the Visual Browser specifying electronic content formatted for visual presentation in the Visual Browser. The Visual Browser can retrieve and visually present the specified electronic content concurrently with the Voice Browser audibly presenting the network-based document. | 03-27-2014 |