An apparatus includes a communication interface and a processor. The processor is configured to receive, via the communication interface, a plurality of speech samples {u.sub.m.sup.0}, m=1 . . . M, which were uttered by a subject while in a first state with respect to a disease, and using {u.sub.m.sup.0} and at least one reference discriminator, which is not specific to the subject, synthesize a subject-specific discriminator, which is specific to the subject and is configured to generate, in response to one or more test utterances uttered by the subject, an output indicating a likelihood that the subject is in a second state with respect to the disease. Other embodiments are also described.

An apparatus includes a communication interface and a processor. The processor is configured to receive, via the communication interface, a plurality of speech samples {u.sub.m.sup.0}, m=1 . . . M, which were uttered by a subject while in a first state with respect to a disease, and using {u.sub.m.sup.0} and at least one reference discriminator, which is not specific to the subject, synthesize a subject-specific discriminator, which is specific to the subject and is configured to generate, in response to one or more test utterances uttered by the subject, an output indicating a likelihood that the subject is in a second state with respect to the disease. Other embodiments are also described.

The present disclosure provides an electronic device and a control method thereof. The electronic device of the present disclosure comprises: a memory in which a speaker model including acoustic characteristics and context information of a first user voice is stored; and a processor for comparing a degree of similarity between the acoustic characteristics of the first user included in the speaker model and the acoustic characteristics of a second user voice, with a threshold value changing according to a degree of similarity between the context information included in the speaker model and the context information of the second user voice, and then performing authentication on the second user voice.

An automotive assistant that is connected to microphones and loudspeakers that are associated with different seats in a passenger vehicle includes a dialog manager that is configured to initiate a dialog based on an utterance received at a first one of the microphones and to advance that dialog based on an utterance received from another of the microphones.

An automotive assistant that is connected to microphones and loudspeakers that are associated with different seats in a passenger vehicle includes a dialog manager that is configured to initiate a dialog based on an utterance received at a first one of the microphones and to advance that dialog based on an utterance received from another of the microphones.

A speech information communication management method and apparatus, a storage medium, and a device, the method includes obtaining speech information published by a user on a first network platform in a blockchain network; performing violation recognition on the speech information to obtain a violation recognition result; in a case that the violation recognition result meets a preset violation condition, generating violation credit record data of the user according to the violation recognition result, platform identifier information of the first network platform, and user identifier information of the user; broadcasting the violation credit record data of the user to a second network platform in the blockchain network; and after the blockchain network reaches a consensus on the violation credit record data of the user, storing the violation credit record data of the user into a blockchain corresponding to the user.

A speech information communication management method and apparatus, a storage medium, and a device, the method includes obtaining speech information published by a user on a first network platform in a blockchain network; performing violation recognition on the speech information to obtain a violation recognition result; in a case that the violation recognition result meets a preset violation condition, generating violation credit record data of the user according to the violation recognition result, platform identifier information of the first network platform, and user identifier information of the user; broadcasting the violation credit record data of the user to a second network platform in the blockchain network; and after the blockchain network reaches a consensus on the violation credit record data of the user, storing the violation credit record data of the user into a blockchain corresponding to the user.

An example method comprises obtaining, by a computing system, first audio data representing one or more initial utterances during an interactive voice session with an interactive voice system; generating, by the computing system, based on the first audio data, a prediction regarding whether a subsequent utterance of a user during the interactive voice session will contain sensitive information, the subsequent utterance following the one or more initial utterances in time; obtaining, by the computing system, second audio data representing the subsequent utterance; determining, by the computing system, based on the prediction, whether to transmit the second audio data; and based on a determination not to transmit the second audio data: replacing, by the computing system, the second audio data with third audio data that is based on a voice of the user; and transmitting, by the computing system, the third audio data.

An example method comprises obtaining, by a computing system, first audio data representing one or more initial utterances during an interactive voice session with an interactive voice system; generating, by the computing system, based on the first audio data, a prediction regarding whether a subsequent utterance of a user during the interactive voice session will contain sensitive information, the subsequent utterance following the one or more initial utterances in time; obtaining, by the computing system, second audio data representing the subsequent utterance; determining, by the computing system, based on the prediction, whether to transmit the second audio data; and based on a determination not to transmit the second audio data: replacing, by the computing system, the second audio data with third audio data that is based on a voice of the user; and transmitting, by the computing system, the third audio data.

Provided are a method and device for recognizing a speaker by using a resonator. The method of recognizing the speaker includes receiving a plurality of electrical signals corresponding to a speech of the speaker from a plurality of resonators having different resonance bands; obtaining a difference of magnitudes of the plurality of electrical signals; and recognizing the speaker based on the difference of magnitudes of the plurality of electrical signals.