Saturday, June 16, 2007

Microsoft

Microsoft patents your voice

Speak when you're spoken to

By Nick Farrell: Thursday 14 June 2007, 08:24

SOFTWARE GIANT Microsoft has put in a patent for a method of identifying a person's voice over the phone.

Application number 10,777,322 covers a method and apparatus to identifying a caller of a call. A voice input is received from the caller, and characteristics of the voice are checked off against a list of acceptable acoustic models, the patent said.

It means that a caller can be identified as a new or known caller based on a checklist of as one of the previously identified callers or as a new caller based on the plurality of acoustic scores.

Of course if someone rings you and you recognise their voice, your brain is doing exactly the same thing. So when the blokes from Vole pop around to tell you that your brain is in breach of its patent you will know what they are banging on about.

source : theinquirer.net

No comments:


Total Pageviews