US Patent Issued to AuthenticVoice on July 28 for "Modifying an audio signal to incorporate a natural-sounding intonation" (Pennsylvania, Washington Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,694,863, issued on July 28, was assigned to AuthenticVoice Inc. (Snoqualmie, Wash.).

"Modifying an audio signal to incorporate a natural-sounding intonation" was invented by Nils B. Lahr (Snoqualmie, Wash.) and Michael Walter Zirinsky (Schwenksville, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Techniques for modifying intonations in audio files are disclosed. A first audio waveform and a second audio waveform are accessed. A first intonation in the first audio waveform is identified, and a second intonation in the second audio waveform is identified. The first and second intonations correspond to the same unit of pronunciation. The first intonati...