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7624018 |
Speech recognition using categories and speech prefixing
Speech recognition utilizing categories and prefixes is disclosed. Categories identify types of recognition and allow different grammars and prefixes for each category. Categories can be directed...
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7624017 |
System and method for configuring voice synthesis
Systems and methods for providing synthesized speech in a manner that takes into account the environment where the speech is presented. A method embodiment includes, based on a listening...
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7624015 |
Recognizing the numeric language in natural spoken dialogue
A system and a method are provided. A speech recognition processor receives unconstrained input speech and outputs a string of words. The speech recognition processor is based on a numeric language...
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7624014 |
Using partial information to improve dialog in automatic speech recognition systems
A method, system and computer readable device for recognizing a partial utterance in an automatic speech recognition (ASR) system where said method comprising the steps of, receiving, by a ASR...
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7624013 |
Word competition models in voice recognition
A system and method relate to voice recognition software, and more particularly to voice recognition tutoring software to assist in reading development.
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7624007 |
System and method for natural language processing of sentence based queries
Sentence based queries from a user are analyzed using a natural language engine to determine appropriate answers from an electronic database. The system and methods are useful for Internet based...
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7623648 |
Method and system of generating reference variations for directory assistance data
Methods and systems of performing user input recognition. A digital directory comprising listings is accessed. Metadata information is associated with individual listings describing the individual...
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7620651 |
System for dynamic product summary based on consumer-contributed keywords
A system for presenting keywords obtained from users in a review process. The keywords are displayed along with a use value that reflects the number of times users have voted or selected the...
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7620550 |
Method for building a natural language understanding model for a spoken dialog system
A method of generating a natural language model for use in a spoken dialog system is disclosed. The method comprises using sample utterances and creating a number of hand crafted rules for each...
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7620549 |
System and method of supporting adaptive misrecognition in conversational speech
A system and method are provided for receiving speech and/or non-speech communications of natural language questions and/or commands and executing the questions and/or commands. The invention...
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7613610 |
Transcription data extraction
A computer program product, for performing data determination from medical record transcriptions, resides on a computer-readable medium and includes computer-readable instructions for causing a...
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7610191 |
Method for fast semi-automatic semantic annotation
A method, apparatus and computer instructions is provided for fast semi-automatic semantic annotation. Given a limited annotated corpus, the present invention assigns a tag and a label to each word...
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7606708 |
Apparatus, method, and medium for generating grammar network for use in speech recognition and dialogue speech recognition
A method, apparatus, and medium for generating a grammar network for speech recognition and a dialogue speech recognition are provided. A method, apparatus, and medium for employing the same are...
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7606700 |
Adaptive task framework
The subject disclosure pertains to systems and methods for performing natural language processing in which natural language input is mapped to a task. The system includes a task interface for...
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7603277 |
Speech recognition device using statistical language model
The present invention includes specific sentence generator 14 for generating a piece of sentence data specific to an application from a grammar stored in grammar storing unit 12 and correction...
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7603267 |
Rules-based grammar for slots and statistical model for preterminals in natural language understanding system
A NLU system includes a rules-based grammar for slots in a schema and a statistical model for preterminals. A training system is also provided.
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7599837 |
Creating a speech recognition grammar for alphanumeric concepts
A method and system to generate a grammar adapted for use by a speech recognizer includes receiving a representation of an alphanumeric expression. For instance, the representation can take the...
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7599831 |
Multi-stage pattern reduction for natural language processing
A computer program product for controlling the computer's processor to perform responsive actions a natural language input has: (1) vocabulary, phrase and concept databases of words, phrase and...
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7599830 |
Handheld electronic device with reduced keyboard and associated method of providing quick text entry in a message
An improved handheld electronic device having a reduced keyboard provides facilitated language entry by making available to a user certain words that a user may reasonably be expected to enter. In...
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7593845 |
Method and apparatus for identifying semantic structures from text
A method and apparatus for identifying a semantic structure from an input text forms at least two candidate semantic structures. A semantic score is determined for each candidate semantic structure...
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7590536 |
Voice language model adjustment based on user affinity
Methods, systems and computer readable medium for improving the accuracy of voice processing are provided. Embodiments of the present invention generally provide methods, systems and articles of...
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7590533 |
New-word pronunciation learning using a pronunciation graph
A method and computer-readable medium convert the text of a word and a user's pronunciation of the word into a phonetic description to be added to a speech recognition lexicon. Initially, a...
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7587322 |
Robust speech recognition with data bank accession organized by semantic attribute
A method for controlling an information system during the output of stored information segments via a signaling device ( 50 a ). Useful information is stored in a database ( 32 ) for being...
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7584103 |
Automated extraction of semantic content and generation of a structured document from speech
Techniques are disclosed for automatically generating structured documents based on speech, including identification of relevant concepts and their interpretation. In one embodiment, a structured...
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7584089 |
Method of encoding and decoding for multi-language applications
An architecture for universal data communication between a network client and a web server. A web server receives a character string from the network client for storing. The web server encodes and...
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7580842 |
System and method of providing a spoken dialog interface to a website
Disclosed is a system and method for generating a spoken dialog service from website data. Spoken dialog components typically include an automatic speech recognition module, a language...
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7580840 |
Systems and methods for performance tuning of speech applications
A system ( 140 ) aids in the tuning of one or more speech applications. The system ( 140 ) may receive event data associated with multiple user interactions with one or more speech applications and...
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7580839 |
Apparatus and method for voice conversion using attribute information
A speech processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the invention includes a conversion-source-speaker speech-unit database; a voice-conversion-rule-learning-data generating means; and a...
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7580838 |
Automatic insertion of non-verbalized punctuation
Recognizing punctuation in computer-implemented speech recognition includes performing speech recognition on an utterance to produce a recognition result for the utterance. A non-verbalized...
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7580837 |
System and method for targeted tuning module of a speech recognition system
A system and method are disclosed for targeted tuning of a speech recognition system. A method incorporating teachings of the present disclosure may include deploying a speech recognition module to...
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7580827 |
Semantic unit recognition
A semantic locator determines whether input sequences form semantically meaningful units. The semantic locator includes a coherence component that calculates a coherence of the terms in the...
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7580377 |
Systems and method of datalink auditory communications for air traffic control
A system and method for engaging in two-way communication between a pilot and an air traffic controller by speech and hearing processes wherein spoken messages are compared to a database of...
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7574358 |
Natural language system and method based on unisolated performance metric
A natural language business system and method is developed to understand the underlying meaning of a person's speech, such as during a transaction with the business system. The system includes a...
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7571099 |
Voice synthesis device
A voice synthesis device for generating synthetic voice having great freedom in voice quality and good sound quality from text data is provided. The voice synthesis device is provided with: voice...
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7571098 |
System and method of spoken language understanding using word confusion networks
Word lattices that are generated by an automatic speech recognition system are used to generate a modified word lattice that is usable by a spoken language understanding module. In one embodiment,...
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7567902 |
Generating speech recognition grammars from a large corpus of data
A method of generating a speech recognition grammar for use with a speech recognition system can include parsing the corpus of data to identify grammatical structures within the corpus of data. The...
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7565282 |
System and method for adaptive automatic error correction
A method for adaptive automatic error and mismatch correction is disclosed for use with a system having an automatic error and mismatch correction learning module, an automatic error and mismatch...
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7564955 |
System and method for outbound calling from a distributed telecommunications platform
Outbound calling from a Voice eXtensible Markup Language (VXML) based voicemail system, which has distributed architecture, is disclosed. The voicemail system includes a media server, which is in...
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7562017 |
Active labeling for spoken language understanding
An active labeling process is provided that aims to minimize the number of utterances to be checked again by automatically selecting the ones that are likely to be erroneous or inconsistent with...
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7562010 |
Generating confidence scores from word lattices
Systems and methods for determining word confidence scores. Speech recognition systems generate a word lattice for speech input. Posterior probabilities of the words in the word lattice are...
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7562005 |
System and method for natural language generation
A system, method and computer-readable medium for generating natural language utilizes a stochastic process to choose a derivation tree according to a predetermined grammar, such as tree-adjoined...
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7558778 |
Semantic exploration and discovery
A semantic discovery and exploration system is disclosed where an environment enabling a developer or user to uncover, navigate, and organize semantic patterns and structures in a document...
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7558731 |
Context reactive natural-language based graphical user interface
Roughly described, a context reactive user interface which offers user-selectable on-screen choices or hints to help the user follow up in the context of his or her previous interactions....
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7558730 |
Speech recognition and transcription among users having heterogeneous protocols
A system is disclosed for facilitating speech recognition and transcription among users employing incompatible protocols for generating, transcribing, and exchanging speech. The system includes a...
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7555431 |
Method for processing speech using dynamic grammars
Speech data is processed with one or more dynamic grammars, to reduce latency and improve accuracy. Different speech grammars are used by a speech recognition process depending on a context...
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7548859 |
Method and system for assisting users in interacting with multi-modal dialog systems
A method and system for assisting a user in interacting with a multi-modal dialog system ( 104 ) is provided. The method includes interpreting a “What Can I Do? (WCID)” question from a user in...
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7548857 |
Method for natural voice recognition based on a generative transformation/phrase structure grammar
The invention relates to a method for natural voice recognition based on a generative transformation/phrase structure grammar known as GT/PS grammar. According to the invention, a spoken phrase is...
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7548847 |
System for automatically annotating training data for a natural language understanding system
The present invention uses a natural language understanding system that is currently being trained to assist in annotating training data for training that natural language understanding system....
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7542904 |
System and method for maintaining a speech-recognition grammar
A method for distributing voice-recognition grammars includes receiving match data from a first remote element. The match data includes information associated with an attempt by the remote element...
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7542903 |
Systems and methods for determining predictive models of discourse functions
Techniques are provided for determining predictive models of discourse functions based on prosodic features of natural language speech. Inter and intra sentential discourse functions in a training...
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