Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Voice morphing apparatus having adjustable parameters
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Application No.: US16740440Application Date: 2020-01-11
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Publication No.: US11600284B2Publication Date: 2023-03-07
- Inventor: Steve Pearson
- Applicant: SoundHound, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA Santa Clara
- Assignee: SoundHound, Inc.
- Current Assignee: SoundHound, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Santa Clara
- Agency: Dana Legal Services
- Agent Jubin Dana
- Main IPC: G10L21/013
- IPC: G10L21/013 ; G10L21/0208 ; G06N20/00 ; G06N3/08

Abstract:
A voice morphing apparatus having adjustable parameters is described. The disclosed system and method include a voice morphing apparatus that morphs input audio to mask a speaker's identity. Parameter adjustment uses evaluation of an objective function that is based on the input audio and output of the voice morphing apparatus. The voice morphing apparatus includes objectives that are based adversarially on speaker identification and positively on audio fidelity. Thus, the voice morphing apparatus is adjusted to reduce identifiability of speakers while maintaining fidelity of the morphed audio. The voice morphing apparatus may be used as part of an automatic speech recognition system.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210217431A1 VOICE MORPHING APPARATUS HAVING ADJUSTABLE PARAMETERS Public/Granted day:2021-07-15
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