Abstract:
A system (10) and method (100) for providing a message-based communications infrastructure for automated call center operation is described. A call (54) from a user (12) into a call center (11) is accepted. The accepted call (54) includes a stream of transcribed verbal speech utterances (57). Each transcribed verbal speech utterance (57) is recorded as a user message (22). The accepted call (54) is assigned to a session (20), which is then assigned to an agent (81). The call (54) is progressively processed in the assigned session (20) by presenting each user message (22) to the assigned agent (81), executing commands responsive to the assigned agent (81), and sending an agent message (23) to the user (12). The agent message (23) includes a stream of synthesized audible speech utterances (63).
Abstract:
An apparatus and method use logical network connections to telephones interconnected by the network to obtain the call status information and then to convert the call status information to audio information that is presented to the user.
Abstract:
People having impaired speech cannot use standard telephones (102) to communicate in the normal way as they can listen to the call but not use their voice to answer. A system (100) is disclosed, which uses prestored text phrases which will be presented to the call using a text-to-speech converter (110). The user calls a service (106) in a telecommunication network and after an authentication he dials codes on the keypad on the telephone to provide prestored messages. The user also can use a translating engine to provide his text phrases in different languages.
Abstract:
Systems and methods for managing a call between a contact, a conversation bot, and a human agent are disclosed. The method selects a conversation bot associated with a particular human agent from multiple conversation bots that are each associated with a different human agent. Each conversation bot can be a model trained using conversation data recorded during conversations conducted by the particular human agent with which it is associated. The method connects an audio call with a human contact, and generates audio during the call based upon a voice of the particular human agent. The method determines that a transition criterion is satisfied, and selects a selected human agent from amongst a plurality of available human agents. When the transition criterion is satisfied, the method enables a selected human agent to participate on the call, and continues the call between the selected human agent and the human contact.
Abstract:
Aspects of the present disclosure relate to systems and methods that aid users with hearing and/or speech impediments to have a conversation with a remote phone number without human assistance. In one aspect, an application residing on a user's device, such as a smartphone, tablet computer, laptop, etc., may be used to initiate a phone call to a recipient. Upon initiating the phone call locally, a service residing on the server may receive a request to initiate a connection to the recipient. Once the recipient answers, the user may converse with the recipient by providing text input to their local app. The text input may be transmitted to the service. The service may use a text to speech converter to translate the received text to speech that can be delivered to the recipient.
Abstract:
Call audio of a call between a source user speaking a source language and a target user speaking a target language is received from a remote source user device of a source user via a communication network of a communication system, the call audio comprising speech of the source user in the source language. An automatic speech recognition procedure is performed on the call audio. A translation of the source user's speech is generated in the target language using the results of the speech recognition procedure. A translated synthetic speech audio version of the source user's speech is mixed with the source user's call audio and/or with translated audio of the target user's speech in the source language. The mixed audio signal is transmitted to a remote target user device of the target user via the communication network for outputting to at least the target user during the call.
Abstract:
An operation method capable of adaptively operating at least one of a Speech To Text (STT) service and a Text To Speech (TTS) service according to setting or user operation and a system thereof are provided. The method includes requesting a specific type of a communication service connection to a reception side terminal by a transmission side terminal, and performing an operation of at least one of a speech to text service providing speech recognition based text and a text to speech service converting the text into speech data between the reception side terminal and the transmission side terminal, and includes one of recognizing speech data provided from the transmission side terminal and converting the speech data into a text based on a first speech process supporting device connected to the transmission side terminal.
Abstract:
Call flow information can build 'intent' into call flows having a series of intended steps and one or more alternative steps for selected intended steps. Users can advance in the call flow based on any response other than one or more alternative valid responses for the one intended step that lead in the call flow to one or more alternative steps to the one intended step because every action in the call flow motivates the user to follow the predetermined ordering. A user can proceed from a first intended step in the series of intended steps to a second intended step in the series of intended steps based on a user's response or information known or discovered about the user.