Electronic Arts is expanding its accessibility program with 23 additional technology patents that other companies and developers can freely use without infringement lawsuits. This extension doubles the total number of patents opened by EA Launch of Pratigya in 2021And it includes generation and recognition tools for speech and audio.
Kerry Hopkins, SVP of Global Affairs at EA, said in a press release, “We believe games should be accessible to everyone and our industry-leading teams are always looking for new ways to make that a reality. ” “By making this technology available to others, we continue to work to increase accessibility and inclusivity for players around the world by removing unexpected barriers to access.”
Some examples of open tech patents include systems that can improve speech recognition, generate expressive speech audio from text data, and generate speech that mimics the player’s voice based on minimally sampled speech data Are. One system uses machine learning to simulate the player’s voice, while the other “predicts the player’s emotion while playing a video game” and automatically adjusts the game’s background music to suit their emotional state.
EA says these patents could be used to improve gaming experiences for players with speech disorders or who struggle to express themselves verbally, by helping them communicate that way. Which better represents their age, emotion, language and speaking style. Along with this announcement, EA is also releasing a Unreal Engine 5 plugin that enables in-engine use of IRIS – EA’s photo sensitivity analysis technology – to help game developers identify frames that may affect photo sensitive players.
