Language translation based on speaker-related information

摘要

Techniques for ability enhancement are described. Some embodiments provide an ability enhancement facilitator system (“AEFS”) configured to automatically translate utterances from a first to a second language, based on speaker-related information determined from speaker utterances and/or other sources of information. In one embodiment, the AEFS receives data that represents an utterance of a speaker in a first language, the utterance obtained by a hearing device of the user, such as a hearing aid, smart phone, media player/device, or the like. The AEFS then determines speaker-related information associated with the identified speaker, such as by determining demographic information (e.g., gender, language, country/region of origin) and/or identifying information (e.g., name or title) of the speaker. The AEFS translates the utterance in the first language into a message in a second language, based on the determined speaker-related information. The AEFS then presents the message in the second language to the user.

主权项

1. A method for ability enhancement, the method comprising:
receiving data representing a speech signal obtained at a hearing device associated with a user, the speech signal representing an utterance of a speaker in a first language; determining speaker-related information associated with the speaker, based on the data representing the speech signal; translating the utterance in the first language into a message in a second language, based on the speaker-related information; presenting the message in the second language; and distributing processing tasks among available computing resources including the hearing device, a computing device of the user and/or the speaker, and a remote computing system, by determining where to perform the processing tasks by identifying one of the computing resources that has available capacity, the processing tasks including determining speaker-related information and translating the utterance in the first language into a message in a second language.