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A method of searching audio data is provided including receiving a query defining multiple phonetic possibilities. The method also includes comparing the query with a lattice of phonetic hypotheses associated with the audio data to identify if at least one of the multiple phonetic possibilities is approximated by at least one phonetic hypothesis in the lattice of phonetic hypotheses.
1. A method of generating a lattice from audio data, comprising:
recognizing phonetic fragments within the audio data wherein at least some of the phonetic fragments include at least two phones;
accessing a mutual information score for recognized phonetic fragments within the audio data that include at least two phones, wherein the mutual information score for each of the phonetic fragments having at least two phones is a function of a likelihood that phones in the phonetic fragment occur consecutively and a likelihood that each phone in the phonetic fragment occurs independent of other phones in the phonetic fragment; and
determining a score for paths joining adjacent phonetic fragments in the audio data using in part the mutual information score for the phonetic fragments having at least two phones.
2. The method of
calculating time values and individual acoustic scores for each phone of each of the phonetic fragments.
3. The method of
pruning paths that have a score that does not meet a threshold level.
4. The method of
collapsing a plurality of audio frames in the audio data into a single audio frame.
The present invention relates to searching audio data. In particular, the present invention relates to matching an input search query within audio data.
The increasing storage capacity and processing capabilities of computers has led to the further development of applications that utilize and store audio data. These applications store audio and video data of voicemails, lectures, meetings, interviews and broadcasts. With a large amount of audio data, methods have been devised to search and retrieve keywords within the audio data.
In some instances, a speech recognizer processes audio data to identify words therein. Search queries can then be matched to recognized words in the audio data. This approach, however, requires a large vocabulary and is not adept to recognizing specialized keywords, such as person and place names. Other approaches utilize phonemes to match search queries. In some phoneme-based approaches, language knowledge utilized by respective systems is limited and the amount of data needed to run the systems is large. As a result, a system that utilizes language knowledge of adequate size is needed for searching of audio data.
A method of searching audio data is provided including receiving a query defining multiple phonetic possibilities. The method also includes comparing the query with a lattice of phonetic hypotheses associated with the audio data to identify if at least one of the multiple phonetic possibilities is approximated by at least one phonetic hypothesis in the lattice of phonetic hypotheses.
Yet another aspect of the present invention is a method of generating a lattice from audio data. The method includes recognizing phonetic fragments within the audio data, wherein at least some of the phonetic fragments include at least two phones. Furthermore, a score is calculated for paths joining adjacent phonetic fragments.
Another aspect of the present invention includes a computer readable-medium encoded with a data structure. The data structure includes a plurality of phonetic fragments, wherein at least some of the fragments include at least two phones. A plurality of paths connecting the phonetic fragments is also provided. Each path has an associated score.
Prior to discussing the present invention in greater detail, one embodiment of an illustrative environment which the present invention can be used will be discussed.
The invention is operational with numerous other general purpose or special purpose computing system environments or configurations. Examples of well known computing systems, environments, and/or configurations that may be suitable for use with the invention include, but are not limited to, personal computers, server computers, hand-held or laptop devices, multiprocessor systems, microprocessor-based systems, set top boxes, programmable consumer electronics, network PCs, minicomputers, mainframe computers, distributed computing environments that include any of the above systems or devices, and the like.
The invention may be described in the general context of computer-executable instructions, such as program modules, being executed by a computer. Generally, program modules include routines, programs, objects, components, data structures, etc. that perform particular tasks or implement particular abstract data types. The invention may also be practiced in distributed computing environments where tasks are performed by remote processing devices that are linked through a communications network. In a distributed computing environment, program modules may be located in both local and remote computer storage media including memory storage devices. Tasks performed by the programs and modules are described below and with the aid of figures. Those skilled in the art can implement the description and figures as processor executable instructions, which can be written on any form of a computer readable medium.
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Computer 110 typically includes a variety of computer readable media. Computer readable media can be any available medium or media that can be accessed by computer 110 and includes both volatile and nonvolatile media, removable and non-removable media. By way of example, and not limitation, computer readable media may comprise computer storage media and communication media. Computer storage media includes both volatile and nonvolatile, removable and non-removable media implemented in any method or technology for storage of information such as computer readable instructions, data structures, program modules or other data. Computer storage media includes, but is not limited to, RAM, ROM, EEPROM, flash memory or other memory technology, CD-ROM, digital versatile disks (DVD) or other optical disk storage, magnetic cassettes, magnetic tape, magnetic disk storage or other magnetic storage devices, or any other medium which can be used to store the desired information and which can be accessed by computer 110. Communication media typically embodies computer readable instructions, data structures, program modules or other data in a modulated data signal such as a carrier wave or other transport mechanism and includes any information delivery media. The term "modulated data signal" means a signal that has one or more of its characteristics set or changed in such a manner as to encode information in the signal. By way of example, and not limitation, communication media includes wired media such as a wired network or direct-wired connection, and wireless media such as acoustic, RF, infrared and other wireless media. Combinations of any of the above should also be included within the scope of computer readable media.
The system memory 130 includes computer storage media in the form of volatile and/or nonvolatile memory such as read only memory (ROM) 131 and random access memory (RAM) 132. A basic input/output system 133 (BIOS), containing the basic routines that help to transfer information between elements within computer 110, such as during start-up, is typically stored in ROM 131. RAM 132 typically contains data and/or program modules that are immediately accessible to and/or presently being operated on by processing unit 120. By way of example, and not limitation,
The computer 110 may also include other removable/non-removable volatile/nonvolatile computer storage media. By way of example only,
The drives and their associated computer storage media discussed above and illustrated in
A user may enter commands and information into the computer 110 through input devices such as a keyboard 162, a microphone 163, and a pointing device 161, such as a mouse, trackball or touch pad. Other input devices (not shown) may include a joystick, game pad, satellite dish, scanner, or the like. These and other input devices are often connected to the processing unit 120 through a user input interface 160 that is coupled to the system bus, but may be connected by other interface and bus structures, such as a parallel port, game port or a universal serial bus (USB). A monitor 191 or other type of display device is also connected to the system bus 121 via an interface, such as a video interface 190. In addition to the monitor, computers may also include other peripheral output devices such as speakers 197 and printer 196, which may be connected through an output peripheral interface 195.
The computer 110 may operate in a networked environment using logical connections to one or more remote computers, such as a remote computer 180. The remote computer 180 may be a personal computer, a hand-held device, a server, a router, a network PC, a peer device or other common network node, and typically includes many or all of the elements described above relative to the computer 110. The logical connections depicted in
When used in a LAN networking environment, the computer 110 is connected to the LAN 171 through a network interface or adapter 170. When used in a WAN networking environment, the computer 110 typically includes a modem 172 or other means for establishing communications over the WAN 173, such as the Internet. The modem 172, which may be internal or external, may be connected to the system bus 121 via the user-input interface 160, or other appropriate mechanism. In a networked environment, program modules depicted relative to the computer 110, or portions thereof, may be stored in the remote memory storage device. By way of example, and not limitation,
Various lattice pruning techniques can be used in order to conserve memory and provide a more efficient search. These techniques include beam pruning, forward-backward pruning and others. In one exemplary technique, a hypothesis is compared to a best hypothesis. If the hypothesis does not have a score close enough to the best hypothesis, the hypothesis can be pruned.
Other approaches to alter the lattice for more accurate and efficient searching can be used. For example, the lattice can be altered to allow crossover between phonetic fragments. Additionally, penalized back-off paths can be added to allow transitions between hypotheses with mismatching paths in the lattice. Thus, output scores can include inconsistent hypotheses. In order to reduce the size of the lattice, hypotheses can be merged to increase the connectivity of phonemes and thus reduce the amount of audio data stored in the lattice. Furthermore, audio frames can be collapsed into single frames. For example, three frames can be collapsed into a single frame to reduce the amount of data stored in the lattice.
Speech recognizer 204 operates based upon a dictionary of phonetic word fragments. In one embodiment, the fragments are determined based on a calculation of mutual-information of adjacent units v and w, (which may be phonemes or combinations of phonemes). Mutual information MI can be defined as follows:
Any pairs (v, w) having a MI above a particular threshold can be used as candidates for fragments to be chosen for the dictionary. A pair of units can be eliminated from a candidate list if one or both of the constituent units are part of a pair with a higher MI value. Pairs that span word boundaries are also eliminated from the list. Remaining candidate pairs v w are replaced in a training corpus by single units v-w. The process for determining candidate pairs can be repeated until a desired number of fragments is obtained. Examples of fragments generated by the mutual information process described above are /-k-ih-ng/ (the syllable -king), /ih-n-t-ax-r/ (the syllable inter-), /ih-z/ (the word is) and /ae-k-ch-uw-ax-l-iy/ (the word actually).
A search module 208 accesses database 206 in order to determine if a query 210 includes a match in the audio data. Query 210 can be a phonetic sequence or a grammar of alternative sequences. During matching, lattice paths that match or closely correspond to the query 210 are identified and a probability is calculated based on the recognition scores in the associated lattice. The hypotheses identified are then output by search module 208 as potential matches 214.
As mentioned, query 210 can be a grammar corresponding to pronunciation alternatives that define multiple phonetic possibilities. In one embodiment, the grammar query can be represented as a weighted finite-state network. The grammar may also be represented by a context-free grammar, a unified language model, N-gram model and/or a prefix tree, for example.
In each of these situations, nodes can represent possible transitions between phonetic word fragments and paths between nodes can represent the phonetic word fragments. Alternatively, • nodes can represent the phonetic word fragments themselves. In the case where query 210 is a grammar, alternative pronunciations can be searched within database 206 simultaneously. Additionally, complex expressions such as telephone numbers and dates can be searched based on an input grammar defining these expressions. For example, a grammar may define two possibilities for the pronunciation of the word "either", namely one beginning with the syllable "i" and one beginning with the syllable "e", both followed by the syllable "ther". Other alternatives can also be searched using a grammar as the input query, for example a self-introduction on a voice mail, where alternatives are in parentheses, "(this is | it's) Bill (speaking | calling)".
It is also worth noting that a hybrid approach to searching within database 206 can also be used. In a hybrid approach, phonetic fragment search can be used for queries that have a large number of phones, for example seven or greater phones. For short phones, a word-based search can be used.
For example, the score of the path from node p to node q is represented as s1. If a query matches node r, paths associated with scores S7 and S8 will be explored to node t to see if any paths match. Then, paths associated with scores s10 and s11 will be explored to node u. If the paths reach the end of the query, a match is determined. The associated scores along the paths are then added to calculate a hypothesis score. To speed the search process, paths need not be explored if matches share identical or near identical time boundaries.
The result of the search operation is a list of hypotheses (W, ts, te, P(W ts te |O) that match the query string W in a time range from ts to te. A probability P(W ts te |O), known as the "posterior probability" is a measure of the closeness of the match. W is represented by a phoneme sequence and O denotes the acoustic observation expressed as a sequence of feature vectors ot. Summing the probabilities of all paths that contain the query string W from ts to te yields the following equation:
Here, W− and W+ denote any word sequences before ts and after te, respectively and W′ is any word sequence. Furthermore, the value p(Otste|W−WW+) is represented as:
By using the above-described lattice and search methods, audio data can efficiently be processed and searched to match phonetic fragments based on a query. The query can include phones or a grammar representing multiple possibilities. A lattice can be generated for the audio data based on acoustic observations in the audio data and hypotheses including phonetic fragments and paths between fragments can be developed. As a result, searching through audio data can become quicker and more accurate.
Although the present invention has been described with reference to preferred embodiments, workers skilled in the art will recognize that changes may be made in form and detail without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention.
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(%) 0 Resident Wages in 2013 ($) 601,672 New Hires 8 Unemployment Insurance Claimants 2 Local Labor Market Info URL http://live.laborstats.alaska.gov/alari/index.cfm?r=3&b=29&p=31&goplace=go Economy - Fisheries Participation and Earnings CDQ Participant No CQE Eligible No All Fisheries, Permits Issued 0 Economy - Fuel Prices Fuel Price Data Month January 2015 Gallon of Heating Fuel ($) 7.45 Gallon of Gasoline ($) 7.55 Gallon of Propane ($) 8.47 Election, Recording, and Judicial Districts Senate District T Senator Donald Olson (D) House District 40 Representative Benjamin Nageak (D) Judicial District 4 Recording District Fairbanks Facilities and Amenities Municipal Facilities & Utilities Volunteer Fire Department, Fire Hall, Roads, Ice Roads, Parks & Recreation, Fuel Tank Farm Broadband Internet Available No Broadband Cell Phone Services No Cell Phone Service Available No Geography and Climate Location Bettles is located about 180 air miles and 250 road miles northwest of Fairbanks, adjacent to Evansville. It lies just north of the Kanuti National Wildlife Refuge. Bettles is located on the S.E. bank of the Koyukuk River. Community Map Available Yes Map URL http://commerce.alaska.gov/dnn/dcra/PlanningLandManagement/CommunityProfileMaps.aspx Latitude 66.9179 Longitude -151.5151 Sq Mi Land 1.60 Climate Bettles falls within the continental climate zone, characterized by extreme temperature differences. The continental climate zone encompasses most of the central part of the state and experiences extremely cold winters and warm summers. Weather Station Name Bettles Airport Max. Daily Precipitation (Inches) 0.9 Climate Data Year July 1, 2013 through July 1, 2014 Total Precipitation (Inches) 23.1 Max. Measured Snow Depth (Inches) 32 Total Snowfall (Inches) 93 Max. Daily Temperature (°F) 85 Min. Daily Temperature (°F) -47 History and Culture History Several Native groups have lived in the area, including Koyukon Athabascans and Kobuk, Selawik, and Nunamiut Eskimos from the north and northwest. The Koyukon lived in several camps throughout the year, moving as the seasons changed, following the wild game and fish. "Old Bettles," located 6 miles from the present community, was named for Gordon Bettles, who opened a trading post during the 1899 gold rush. Old Bettles was the northern terminal of the Koyukuk River barge line, and a post office operated there from 1901 to 1956. Today, the new site of Bettles is also known as Bettles Field. The Bettles Runway was constructed in 1945 by the U.S. Navy under Navy Contract Noy-12081 with Lytle and Green Construction as contractor. The U.S. Navy used these facilities as a support base for exploring National Petroleum Reserve. Later, the FAA took over the runway and its maintenace. Work opportunities at Bettles Field attracted both Natives and non-Natives to the new airfield. Wilford Evans, Sr., opened a sawmill at the present site of Evansville and built the Bettles Lodge and General Store. A post office was established at the Bettles Lodge in 1950. A school was constructed in 1956. A health clinic opened in 1980. Bettles incorporated as a city during 1985. The city boundaries do not include the Village of Evansville. Culture Residents of Bettles are both Native and non-Native. The school was closed in 2002, due to low enrollment. Indigenous Language Koyukon Federally Recognized Tribe No Municipal Powers Public Education Not permitted to provide this service. Planning, Platting and Land Use Regulation Not required to exercise the powers in any circumstance, but may be permitted in all cases in the manner described for first class cities. Property Tax Powers May tax up to 20 mills, except where a higher levy is required to avoid default. Voter approval required. Sales Tax Powers No limit on the rate of levy of sales taxes; however, voter approval is required. Other Powers Not Prohibited May exercise other powers not prohibited by law. City Council or Assembly Composition and Apportionment 7 members elected at-large, except the council may provide for election other than at-large. Election and Term of Mayor Elected from the city council for a 1-year term, unless a longer term is provided by ordinance. Mayor selected by council (or by voters upon adoption of ordinance). Vote by Mayor Votes on all matters. Veto Power of the Mayor Does not have veto power. Power of Eminent Domain Permitted, but requires voter approval. Ability to Attain Home-Rule Status May not adopt home-rule charter without first reclassifying to a first-class city. Regions Borough/Census Area Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area School District Yukon-Koyukuk School District DCRA Alaska Region Interior Region Climate Region Continental Taxes Other Taxes 2% Fuel Transfer Tax Total Tax Revenue ($) 76,206 Revenue Year 2014 Transportation Transportation During four months of the year, the Bettles Winter Road, a 30-mile winter trail, gives residents access to the Dalton Highway, which leads to Fairbanks. The Koyukuk River is used in the summer, but no commercial barge is available. The state-owned airport is classified as a transport center, with a manned FAA contract weather station, a gravel runway, and a float pond. Trucks, cars, snow machines, and ATVs are used for local transportation. 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Few people know that Star Trek: Of Gods and Men was created on a budget of less than $150,000. Yes, a feature-length movie with less than 0.01% of the budget of the recent Star Trek film.
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eBook Description: Emily Vaillon left her husband, Luc, a year ago. She couldn't stay with a man who clearly didn't love her--especially after she discovered she was pregnant. Now Luc is back, demanding to see his son: Emily must go to his ch�teau to play the role of mother--and wife. When they're thrown together the chemistry between them escalates. But how can Emily win back Luc's trust--for herself and their son?
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A year later—San Antonia
'ARE YOU SURE you've got everything? Passports, tickets, keys to the flat?'
'Everything's under control—stop fretting,' Emily bade her friend cheerfully. 'You've got enough to worry about. The coach is here.'
Arrivals day was always hectic, she mused as she followed Laura out into the courtyard. The farmhouse at San Antonia had once been a quiet refuge for Laura's boyfriend and his crowd of artist friends. All that had changed when Nick had persuaded Laura to join him in Spain and she had opened up her cookery school. The business had been an instant success, catering for tourists eager to take lessons from an innovative chef who had earned her stars at a top London restaurant. Emily was pleased for Laura and glad she had been able to help out by organising the guests' living and sleeping facilities, but the time had come for her go back to England and take control of her life.
'I hope you'll manage,' she murmured as she joined her friend on the front step and watched the party alight from the coach. 'I could be away for a couple of months while the lawyers sort out the divorce.'
'From bitter experience, I'd better warn you it could take a lot longer than that,' Laura replied grimly. 'Mine took over a year to finalise and cost me a small fortune.'
'I'm not anticipating any problems,' Emily said with a shrug. 'Luc will be as pleased as me to see the end of our marriage.' Especially if the recent photo in one of the British tabloids was anything to go by, she thought bleakly. Seeing his dark, handsome features again had momentarily caused her heart to stop beating. She had been shocked to discover the effect he still had on her, even after more than a year apart, but it had been the sight of his companion, the stunningly beautiful Robyn Blake, that had been the catalyst for her decision to bring a legal end to their farcical marriage.
It was time to put the past behind her, she thought resolutely. She had a baby, a burgeoning new business of her own and the freedom to live her life the way she chose. She enjoyed her independence, she reminded herself fiercely. She had fought hard to rebuild her self-respect and it was time to sever the legal ties that bound her to Jean-Luc Vaillon.
'How do you think you'll feel about seeing your husband again?' Laura asked.
'With any luck, I won't have to. I don't want anything from him, certainly not money,' Emily added fiercely.
'You're entitled to demand that he make proper provision for Jean-Claude,' Laura pointed out. 'Luc is his father after all, and it won't hurt him to dip into the Vaillon millions.'
'No!' Emily instantly refuted the suggestion. 'I'm responsible for my son and I'll provide for him. Luc never wanted a child. Jean-Claude's conception was an accident and I refuse to use him as leverage for financial gain. I'll manage,' she assured her friend brightly when Laura frowned in concern, 'but I won't take anything from Luc.'
In theory it all seemed so simple. She would make contact with Luc through a third party, and if he expressed any interest in seeing his son, the lawyers could thrash out the access arrangements along with the divorce. She wasn't expecting any complications but as she glanced over to where Jean-Claude was sleeping in his pushchair, shaded from the sun by a parasol, she was filled with a sense of foreboding. Nothing about Jean-Luc Vaillon was simple. He was a man of secrets and despite the fact that they had been married for two years, she didn't really know him at all.
'Someone's arrived in style.' Laura's voice broke into her thoughts and she glanced across the courtyard at the sleek black limousine that had swung in behind the coach. 'I hope they appreciate that this is a working holiday. I won't have time to run around after some spoilt millionaire's wife who can't boil an egg. The coach driver is quite happy to take you to the airport,' she added as she stepped forward to greet her guests. 'He's finished unloading now so you can give him your luggage before you have to disturb Jean-Claude.' She gave Emily a brief kiss on the cheek. 'Take care. We'll celebrate your new life as a single woman when you come back.'
A quick glance at the buggy revealed that Jean-Claude was still sleeping soundly and Emily decided to leave him for a few more minutes while she loaded her cases.
'How are you, Enzo?' she greeted the coach driver, who regularly made the journey between San Antonia and the airport.
'Hola, Señora, you're looking pretty today.'
Conversation about Enzo's huge extended family took another five minutes and when Emily looked back at the pushchair, it was empty. Laura must have taken Jean-Claude into the farmhouse, she thought, a prickle of unease threading along her spine. Something made her turn her head towards the car parked at the further end of the courtyard.
For a few seconds she thought it must be a trick of the light, a mirage brought on by the heat of the midday sun, but when she blinked she realised he was no illusion. Handsome was hardly an adequate description of him, she acknowledged numbly. This man was awesome, the power of his broad shoulders beneath his superbly tailored jacket so formidable that a trembling started deep inside her.
The air in the courtyard was still and sultry but she could not suppress a shiver as her eyes travelled up to the visitor's face and locked with his cold, grey stare. His eyes were hooded, hiding his expression, but she was struck by the hardness that emanated from him, the air of arrogance, of ruthlessness and sheer power, and she gave a cry as the world spun.
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Beopjusa (Korean: 법주사 or Beopju temple) is a head temple of the Jogye Order of Korean Buddhism. It is situated on the slopes of Songnisan, within Songnisan National Park, in Naesongni-myeon, Boeun County, in the province of Chungcheongbuk-do, South Korea.
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Beopjusa was chosen by Bruce Lee as the original setting for the movie Game of Death, with the five floors of Palsangjeon pagoda representing five different martial arts. Since Bruce Lee died before the movie was completed, the screenplay was changed, and Beopjusa was edited out.[3]
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"We will expect that report...[on] who is responsible and the assurance that it will not happen again, not only in Taguig but in all areas of responsibility [of] the MMDA," Senate climate change committee chairman Loren Legarda said during Thursday's hearing on the state of disaster and climate risks in the country.
Legarda also said that she expects the MMDA to propose a solution to the problem in its explanation.
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Melgar, Doce, and three other engineers were relieved of their duties because of what happened.
"Di naman pwede lahat ng nangyayari sa MMDA sa inyo sisihin [pero] ang kuwestiyon ko will you also start investigating AGM Fainsan and AGM [Emerson] Carlos in the same way that you suspended Melgar?" asked Cayetano, to which Tolentino answered yes.
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