Based on the intellectual property data sourced from Tianyancha, iFLYTEK has recently made public its patent application titled "A Method and Device for Accent and Style Management in a Human-Computer Interaction Dialogue System." This patent pertains to the realm of intelligent dialogue and speech synthesis technologies, introducing an innovative approach and apparatus for managing accents and styles within human-computer interaction dialogue systems. The method encompasses several steps: initially, it receives dialogue requests from users and assesses whether there is a need for accent or style management. Subsequently, it identifies the appropriate accent and style slot values; these values are then received and stored, with updates or inheritance of the accent and style slot values occurring as necessary, based on the ongoing dialogue turn and its requirements. Following this, text responses are generated in alignment with the dialogue's intent. Finally, the method entails selecting the corresponding Text-to-Speech (TTS) synthesis model, guided by the accent and style slot values of the current turn, to transform the text response into the desired speech output. This invention seeks to overcome limitations in current technologies, including inadequate dynamic accent and style management capabilities, the inability to maintain multi-turn dialogue states, limited adaptability to various scenarios, and the high costs associated with system scalability.
