Speech analysis and synthesis (Market Assessment)

滑铁卢的语音处理和自然语言理解人工智能软件提供了一种新的方式 复制数字声音文件，使其在时间和声音上具有流畅且连续的(即模拟的)功能 频率它调整和转换人类生成的语音的功能表示，以生成 以人类自然语言的方式表达的词语和句子。当前有竞争力的产品缺乏措辞 自然的人类语言，并降低人类互动过程中的情感联系。这样做的一些好处 创新包括：(1)复制自然人类语音；(2)无障碍语音识别 背景噪声、口音或方言(3)合成声音数据相对于 原创数字录音。 这一创新在电信、汽车、银行、医疗保健和军事等领域都有应用 工业。包括支持语音的设备和虚拟助理在内的语音激活系统在 汽车行业和呼叫中心。这些技术在对抗 通过采用语音生物识别技术加强银行业的欺诈活动和安全 用于用户身份验证。语音识别和合成在医疗保健领域也非常有价值，因为它 在患者互动和临床记录方面实现效率和成本节约。 作为市场评估赠款的一部分，选定的顾问(Adventus)将进行全面的市场评估 分析以确定最合适的市场机会以及技术、营销和财务 与在特定细分市场中应用该技术相关的挑战。有利的市场 评估结果将(1)制定商业化战略，并有助于吸引早期投资(2) 形成提交后续NSERC I2I阶段1项目建议书的基础。

Waterloo's Speech Processing and Natural Language Understanding AI Software offers a novel way of replicating digital sound files as a smooth and continuously (i.e. "analog") function in time and sound frequency. It adjusts and transforms the functional representation of human generated phonetics to generate words and sentences in the manner of natural human speech. Current competitive products lack the phrasing of natural human speech and degrade the emotive connection during human interaction. Some advantages of this innovation include: (1) replicating natural human speech, (2) speech recognition without impediments posed by background noise, accents or dialects (3) significant compression of the synthesized sound data relative to the original digital recording. This innovation has application in the telecommunication, automotive, banking, healthcare and military industries. Voice activated systems including voice-enabled devices and virtual assistants are readily adopted in the automotive industry and call centres. These technologies have become increasingly valuable in countering fraudulent activities and enhancing security in the banking industry through the adoption of voice biometrics for user authentication. Voice recognition and synthesis is also highly valuable in the healthcare sector as it enables efficiencies and cost savings in patient interaction and clinical documentation. As part of this Market Assessment grant, the selected consultant (Adventus) will perform a thorough market analysis to identify the most suitable market opportunities along with technical, marketing and financial challenges associated with the application of the technology in a particular market segment. A favorable market assessment result will (1) formulate the commercialization strategy and help attract early stage investments (2) form the basis for submitting a follow-on NSERC I2I Phase 1 project proposal.