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6704707 Method for automatically and dynamically switching between speech technologies  
A method for switching between speech recognition technologies. The method includes reception of an initial recognition request accompanied by control information. Recognition characteristics are...
6704709 System and method for improving the accuracy of a speech recognition program  
A system and method for improving the accuracy of a speech recognition program. The system is based on a speech recognition program that automatically converts a pre-recorded audio file into a...
6701293 Combining N-best lists from multiple speech recognizers  
A method and system for utilizing multiple speech recognizers. The speech system includes a port through which an input audio stream may be received, at least two recognizers that may convert the...
6701291 Automatic speech recognition with psychoacoustically-based feature extraction, using easily-tunable single-shape filters along logarithmic-frequency axis  
A method and apparatus for extracting speech features from a speech signal in which the linear frequency spectrum data, as generated, for example, by a conventional frequency transform, is first...
6694296 Method and apparatus for the recognition of spelled spoken words  
The speech recognizer includes a dictation language model providing a dictation model output indicative of a likely word sequence recognized based on an input utterance. A spelling language model...
6684185 Small footprint language and vocabulary independent word recognizer using registration by word spelling  
A phoneticizer converts spelled words or names into one or an n-best number of phonetic transcriptions. The n-best transcriptions may be generated from a single transcription using a confusion...
6675142 Method and apparatus for improving speech recognition accuracy  
A transcription system ( 100 ) includes a computer ( 102 ), a monitor ( 104 ), and a microphone ( 110 ). Via the microphone, a user of the system provides input speech that is received and...
6675147 Input method for a driver information system  
A method for input of a sequence of letters and/or numbers in a driver information system provides for input of individual symbols of the sequence of letters and/or numbers either by input of...
6675143 Automatic language identification  
Extraction of articulatory factors from an acoustic signal to distinguish between different languages and further identify the original accent of a foreign speaker. Previous language identification...
6651043 User barge-in enablement in large vocabulary speech recognition systems  
An interactive voice response unit which provides beneficial operation by including means to handle unconstrained input such as natural speech and to allow barge-in includes a prompter, a...
6633844 Late integration in audio-visual continuous speech recognition  
The combination of audio and video speech recognition in a manner to improve the robustness of speech recognition systems in noisy environments. Contemplated are methods and apparatus in which a...
6631351 Smart toys  
Talking toys perform simulated conversations with one another. The toys each include a forest of decision graphs. The forest of decision graphs is the same for each toy. Each of the decision graphs...
6629072 Method of an arrangement for speech recognition with speech velocity adaptation  
With a method of and an arrangement for speech recognition a measurement of the speech velocity rate is carried out in a measuring unit ( 2 ) so as to reduce the error rate of the recognition...
6625600 Method and apparatus for automatically processing a user's communication  
The invention concerns a method and apparatus for processing a user's communication. The invention may include receiving a list of recognized symbol strings of one or more recognized entries. The...
6622121 Testing speech recognition systems using test data generated by text-to-speech conversion  
Methods and systems for testing speech recognition systems are disclosed in which the speech recognition device to be tested is directly monitored in accordance with a text-to-speech device. The...
6618702 Method of and device for phone-based speaker recognition  
A language-independent speaker-recognition system based on parallel cumulative differences in dynamic realization of phonetic features ( i.e. , pronunciation) between speakers rather than spectral...
6615175 “Smart” elevator system and method  
An information and control system for personnel transport devices. In one embodiment, the information and control system is coupled to the elevator system of a building, and includes a touch panel...
6606599 Method for integrating computing processes with an interface controlled by voice actuated grammars  
According to the present invention, a method for integrating processes with a multi-faceted human centered interface is provided. The interface is facilitated to implement a hands free, voice...
6604076 Speech recognition method for activating a hyperlink of an internet page  
A speech recognition method is disclosed for activating a hyperlink of an Internet page. In particular the method comprises determining hypertexts of the hyperlinks in text information, determining...
6601027 Position manipulation in speech recognition  
An action position is manipulated in computer-implemented speech recognition by receiving data representing a spoken command. The command includes a command identifier (e.g., insert before, insert...
6598017 Method and apparatus for recognizing speech information based on prediction  
An apparatus for recognizing sound information includes a sound recognition unit for recognizing sound information. A knowledge base stores knowledge concerning a type of data represented by the...
6598019 Evaluation method, apparatus, and recording medium using optimum template pattern determination method, apparatus and optimum template pattern  
To improve the precision in correction of an input sentence by using a template pattern for model sentence. A plurality of template patterns for the model sentence are provided beforehand. Each of...
6598018 Method for natural dialog interface to car devices  
A computer-implemented method and apparatus for processing a spoken request from a user to control an automobile device. A speech recognizer recognizes a user's speech input and a speech...
6598016 System for using speech recognition with map data  
A system is disclosed for using speech recognition with map data. For example, a user could state a location. The system will recognize the words spoken and find the location on a map using an...
6597809 Rollup functions for efficient storage presentation and analysis of data  
Methods of organizing a series of sibling data entities in a digital computer are provided for preserving sibling ranking information associated with the sibling data entities and for attaching the...
6594629 Methods and apparatus for audio-visual speech detection and recognition  
In a first aspect of the invention, methods and apparatus for providing speech recognition comprise the steps of processing a video signal associated with an arbitrary content video source,...
6594632 Methods and apparatus for hands-free operation of a voice recognition system  
Techniques for activating a voice recognition system are described. The system disclosed can be non verbally started and stopped without the need for the system user to use his or her hands...
6594347 Speech encoding in a client server system  
Speech encoding in a client server system such as a laptop, personal data assistant or mobile phone communicating with an interactive voice response telephony application. A method of communication...
6591236 Method and system for determining available and alternative speech commands  
A method and system for use with a computer speech recognition system to efficiently identify valid system commands to users. The method involves a series of steps including: receiving data...
6591237 Keyword recognition system and method  
A keyword recognition system for speaker dependent, dynamic time warping (DTW) recognition systems uses all of the trained word templates in the system, (keyword and vocabulary), to determine if an...
6587822 Web-based platform for interactive voice response (IVR)  
A platform for implementing interactive voice response (IVR) applications over the Internet or other type of network includes a speech synthesizer, a grammar generator and a speech recognizer. The...
6587818 System and method for resolving decoding ambiguity via dialog  
A method of language recognition wherein decoding ambiguities are identified and at least partially resolved intermediate to the language decoding procedures to reduce the subsequent number of...
6587830 Medical record forming and storing apparatus and medical record and method related to same  
A medical record processor and method include a voice processor for receiving unprompted and unstructured free dictation, for processing the dictation, and for generating voice data comprising a...
6584180 Automatic voice response system using voice recognition means and method of the same  
An automatic voice response section transfers voice input from a caller to a voice recognition section, and the voice recognition section generates a voice recognition result. The voice recognition...
6574597 Fully expanded context-dependent networks for speech recognition  
A large vocabulary speech recognizer including a combined weighted network of transducers reflecting fully expanded context-dependent modeling of pronunciations and language that can be used with a...
6571210 Confidence measure system using a near-miss pattern  
A method and system of performing confidence measure in a speech recognition system includes receiving an utterance of input speech and creating a near-miss pattern or a near-miss list of possible...
6571209 Disabling and enabling of subvocabularies in speech recognition systems  
A method for designating a subvocabulary for speech recognition systems includes the steps of providing a vocabulary of words each having a flag with a first value, selecting words to be eliminated...
6564185 Continuous speech recognition method and program medium with alternative choice selection to confirm individual words  
The invention relates to a method and apparatus for recognition processing of continuous words of a group which is structured by a plurality of words such that a recognition result of all of the...
6542896 System and method for organizing data  
A system and method for organizing data and subsequently finding that data in a database reads raw data records from one or more sources of raw data. The content of the raw data is pre-encoded into...
6539358 Voice-interactive docking station for a portable computing device  
A voice-interactive docking station is provided for use with a portable computing device. The portable computing device includes at least one information management application and a corresponding...
6529881 System and method for identifying an unidentified customer at the point of sale  
A system ( 500 ) for identifying an unidentified customer ( 510 ) includes a database ( 42 ) that contains utterance data ( 162 ) corresponding to a known customer. A processing system ( 502 )...
6526381 Remote control with speech recognition  
A processor-based system may utilize a remote control unit which not only allows mouse input commands to be provided to the processor-based system but also includes a microphone and a speech engine...
6526380 Speech recognition system having parallel large vocabulary recognition engines  
A huge vocabulary speech recognition system for recognizing a sequence of spoken words, having an input means for receiving a time-sequential input pattern representative of the sequence of spoken...
6523004 Method and apparatus for disambiguating lists of elements for speech interfaces  
In a computer system having a list based natural discourse application adapted for speech recognition. In response to a first user element request, the system searches a list of elements to...
6513010 Method and apparatus for separating processing for language-understanding from an application and its functionality  
The invention relates to a method and an apparatus for separating processing for language understanding from an application and its functionality. The application for example contains functionality...
6513037 Method of and arrangement for executing a data base query  
A data base query submitted in natural speech normally requires a dialog with the data base system, which repeatedly prompts the user to submit further statements. From each speech utterance...
6513005 Method for correcting error characters in results of speech recognition and speech recognition system using the same  
The invention discloses a method for correcting one or more error characters in results of speech recognition, the method comprising the steps of: marking the one or more error characters in the...
6510411 Task oriented dialog model and manager  
A simplification of the process of developing call or dialog flows for use in an Interactive Voice Response system is provided. Three principal aspects of the invention include a task-oriented...
6510416 Method and apparatus for performing refueling transactions using customer-issued speech commands  
A fuel delivery system performs a refueling operation in accordance with voice command signals audibly provided by a customer situated within a vehicle positioned for refueling. The customer...
6510410 Method and apparatus for recognizing tone languages using pitch information  
A method and an apparatus for automatic recognition of tone languages, employing the steps of converting the words of speech into an electrical signal, generating spectral features from the...
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