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Microsoft patents real-time audio-to-image generator

The system would essentially listen in on your calls, generate a text transcript, feed that through an AI model, and out pops images that match what’s being said

byKerem Gülen
October 15, 2024
in Artificial Intelligence
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You’re on yet another endless Zoom or Teams meeting. Voices droning on, slides barely holding your attention, and your eyes glazing over as someone rattles off quarterly stats. Now, imagine if, instead of boring you with spreadsheets, the AI in the meeting starts to whip up visuals on the spot—actual images that bring the conversation to life, generated in real-time as people speak. It sounds futuristic, but that’s exactly what Microsoft is cooking up with a new patent.

Microsofts patents voice to image

Microsoft’s latest idea (and yes, it’s still just an idea for now) is to take live audio streams—lectures, meetings, any verbal conversation—and transform them into images, on the fly. The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office just dropped the details on October 10, 2024, after Microsoft filed it back in April. The system would essentially listen in on your calls, generate a text transcript, feed that through an AI model, and out pops images that match what’s being said.

No more “let me pull up a slide for that.”

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Microsoft patents real-time audio-to-image generator
A screenshot for the patent (Image credit)

The end of boring meetings? Maybe not, but it’ll be close

Most virtual meetingsa are pretty dull. And let’s not pretend we don’t spend a good chunk of time zoning out.

But what if those meetings suddenly start throwing up visuals as fast as the conversation moves. Someone mentions new product concepts, and within seconds, AI-generated images start popping onto the screen. The dry numbers that people are quoting suddenly turn into dynamic charts without anyone clicking a button. What’s that? A supply chain bottleneck in Southeast Asia? Bam! An interactive map appears, highlighting the areas of concern.

Now, before you get too excited, let’s be clear—this is still in the patent phase. And if you’ve been around long enough, you know a lot of patents don’t go anywhere. Filing a patent is like planting a seed—it might grow into something great, or it might just stay an idea that never gets developed.

That said, if Microsoft does go for it, the obvious home for this tech is Microsoft Teams. They’ve been beefing up Teams with all kinds of AI-driven tools, from Copilot to enhanced video conferencing features, so this would be a step to take.

We’ve already seen text-to-image tools like DALL-E and Midjourney blow people’s minds. Now, we could see that concept applied to live speech. It’s like giving a voice to AI creativity in real-time.

But for now, we wait.


Featured image credit: Kerem Gülen/Midjourney

Tags: AIartificial intelligenceFeaturedMicrosoft

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