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7542907 Biasing a speech recognizer based on prompt context  
A method, a system, and an apparatus biasing a speech recognizer based on prompt context. The present invention is capable of analyzing the words used in the prompt given to the user. Then, a set...
7542552 Method and apparatus for generating default personal greetings using text to speech conversion  
A telecommunications system includes a user database storing user information; a text-to-speech generator; and a default user greeting generator for a messaging system for generating a greeting...
7542906 Off-site detention monitoring system  
The present invention provides an Internet based system and method for monitoring the location of a subject at any time via telephone voice verification. The system and method enables an agency...
7535996 Method and system for recording audio onto a carrier using a personal computer  
An audio message recording and playback system including a recorder-imprinter device, a self-contained voice module for playback of an audio message and a number of input devices for initially...
7533023 Intermediary speech processor in network environments transforming customized speech parameters  
A speech processing system is provided for customizing speech parameters across speech applications in a networked environment. The speech processing system includes: a speech processing...
7533025 Method and apparatus for dynamic modification of command weights in a natural language understanding system  
A method and system for dynamically assigning weights to the subset of commands in a natural language dialog system based on prior context of the user's interaction with the system. The search...
7529678 Using a spoken utterance for disambiguation of spelling inputs into a speech recognition system  
A method of verifying a speech input can include determining pronunciation data for a received user spoken utterance specifying a word and speech recognizing further user spoken utterances...
7529677 Methods and apparatus for remotely processing locally generated commands to control a local device  
A technique for remotely processing a local audio command to control a local device includes: receiving at a local site an acoustic signal and generating a corresponding audio signal; transmitting...
7529676 Audio device control device, audio device control method, and program  
A language analyzer 2 performs speech recognition on a speech input by a speech input unit 1 , specifies a possible word which is represented by the speech, and the score thereof, and supplies...
7529657 Configurable parameters for grammar authoring for speech recognition and natural language understanding  
A method for authoring a grammar for use in a language processing application is provided. The method includes receiving at least one grammar configuration parameter relating to how to configure a...
7529667 Automated dialog system and method  
This invention concerns a method and system for monitoring an automated dialog system for the automatic recognition of language understanding errors based on a user's input communications. The...
7529670 Automatic speech recognition system for people with speech-affecting disabilities  
A speech recognition system is provided that, in one embodiment, includes an input 104 operable to receive voice utterances from a user, a speaker monitoring agent 132 operable to determine a...
7526430 Speech synthesis apparatus  
A speech synthesis apparatus, which can embed unchangeable additional information into synthesized speech without causing a deterioration of speech quality and restriction by bands, includes a...
7523038 Voice controlled system and method  
A voice controlled system includes a microphone for receiving voice commands and for converting each voice command to an electrical output; a filter system connected to receive the electrical...
7519537 Method and apparatus for a verbo-manual gesture interface  
An interface system including a manipulandum adapted to be moveable according to a manual gesture imparted by the user; a sensor adapted to detect a characteristic of the manual gesture imparted to...
7519536 System and method for providing network coordinated conversational services  
A system and method for providing automatic and coordinated sharing of conversational resources, e.g., functions and arguments, between network-connected servers and devices and their corresponding...
7519534 Speech controlled access to content on a presentation medium  
One embodiment of the invention provides television viewers with an intuitive and easy-to-use way to find the programs they want and to control their television viewing experience. In a further...
7518656 Signal processing apparatus, signal processing method, signal processing program, program reproducing apparatus, image display apparatus and image display method  
A signal processing apparatus comprises: an audio signal detection circuit which detects a specific audio signal from a broadcasting program including an image signal and an audio signal; a control...
7516077 Voice control system  
A voice control system receives a voice command from a user via a microphone. A command executability determination circuit determined whether the voice command is executable in the current...
7516076 Automated sentence planning in a task classification system  
The invention relates to a task classification system ( 900 ) that interacts with a user. The task classification system ( 900 ) may include a recognizer ( 920 ) that may recognize symbols in the...
7516068 Optimized collection of audio for speech recognition  
A method for audio collection and speech recognition includes providing a plurality of listening devices, the listening devices including at least one microphone capsule, a signal pre-amplifier, a...
7516190 Personal voice-based information retrieval system  
The present invention relates to a system for retrieving information from a network such as the Internet. A user creates a user-defined record in a database that identifies an information source,...
7512545 Method, software and system for developing interactive call center agent personas  
A method, software and system of developing personalities for interactive and/or automated call center applications are provided. According to teachings of the present invention, sample population...
7508393 Three dimensional animated figures  
A system comprising a plurality of three dimensional artificially animated portraits for performing preprogrammed animations of voice and facial expressions in the form of a scripted dialogue...
7505908 Systems and methods for classifying and representing gestural inputs  
Gesture and handwriting recognition agents provide possible interpretations of electronic ink. Recognition is performed on both individual strokes and combinations of strokes in the input ink...
7505910 Speech command management dependent upon application software status  
Arrangements, including a method of speech command management that changes a content of active speech commands and inactive speech commands, based on each application status in a terminal. When...
7505909 Device control device and device control method  
A language analyzer ( 2 ) performs speech recognition on a speech input by a speech input unit ( 1 ), specifies a possible word which is represented by the speech, and the score thereof, and...
7505569 Diagnosing voice application issues of an operational environment  
A computerized method for diagnosing deployed voice-enabled application issues within a maintenance environment. The method can identify a recognition log file that includes details of previously...
7502738 Systems and methods for responding to natural language speech utterance  
Systems and methods for receiving natural language queries and/or commands and execute the queries and/or commands. The systems and methods overcomes the deficiencies of prior art speech query and...
7502152 Device for projecting an object in a space inside a vehicle  
A device for projecting an object in a space of a vehicle is described. This object is preferably projected holographically, and a voice input and output system is assigned to this object. An...
7499862 System and method for accessing and annotating electronic medical records using a multi-modal interface  
A system and method of exchanging medical information between a user and a computer device is disclosed. The computer device can receive user input in one of a plurality of types of user input...
7499861 Method for managing mixed initiative human-machine dialogues based on interactive speech  
Method for managing mixed-initiative human-machine dialogues based on speech interaction exploiting the separation between general dialogue knowledge, such as communicative acts, which can be used...
7499860 Computer system and method for enhancing experience using networked devices  
A computer-implemented system and method is provided for enhancing a user experience within an environment. The experience is enhanced using a number of devices that are connected on a network. The...
7499858 Methods of information retrieval  
A method of information retrieval using a hybrid interface is provided. The method includes providing a graphical user interface having a plurality of views with a list of potential targets within...
7496516 Open architecture for a voice user interface  
A system and method for processing voice requests from a user for accessing information on a computerized network and delivering information from a script server and an audio server in the network...
7496511 Method and apparatus for using locale-specific grammars for speech recognition  
One embodiment of the present invention provides a system that facilitates recognizing voice input. During operation, the system receives a document that includes a specification of a datatype for...
7493257 Method and apparatus handling speech recognition errors in spoken dialogue systems  
To handle portions of a recognized sentence having an error, a user is questioned about contents associated with portions. According to a user's answer, a result is obtained. Speech recognition...
7490042 Methods and apparatus for adapting output speech in accordance with context of communication  
A technique for producing speech output in an automatic dialog system in accordance with a detected context is provided. Communication is received from a user at the automatic dialog system. A...
RE40634 Voice interaction analysis module  
A signal monitoring apparatus and method involving devices for monitoring signals representing communications traffic, devices for identifying at least one predetermined parameter by analyzing the...
7487451 Creating a voice response grammar from a presentation grammar  
Methods, systems, and products are disclosed for creating a voice response grammar in a voice response server including identifying presentation documents for a presentation, each presentation...
7487084 Apparatus, program storage device and method for testing speech recognition in the mobile environment of a vehicle  
A testing arrangement provided for speech recognition systems in vehicles. Preferably included are a “mobile client” secured in the vehicle and driven around at a desired speed, an audio system...
7487095 Method and apparatus for managing user conversations  
In one aspect, an arbitrary natural language communication is received from a user. A concept recognition process is applied to automatically derive a representation of concepts embodied in the...
7487088 Method and system for predicting understanding errors in a task classification system  
This invention concerns a method and system for monitoring an automated dialog system for the automatic recognition of language understanding errors based on a user's input communications. The...
7486779 Origin device based callee identification  
A method, system, and program for origin device initiated callee identification are provided. At an origin device, a voice utterance of a callee is detected from a destination device. A callee...
7483520 Method and apparatus for prompting a cellular telephone user with instructions  
According to a disclosed embodiment, an incoming call from a first telephone number is received ( 310 ). A variable indicating the number of calls received from the first telephone number is...
7480865 Auxiliary operation interface of digital recording and reproducing apparatus  
An auxiliary operation interface of a digital recording/reproducing apparatus includes a targeting item, a switching button set and an audio prompt generator. The targeting item is optionally...
7480620 Changing characteristics of a voice user interface  
The invention generally relates to a method, apparatus, and system capable of changing a voice user interface possessing both operational characteristics and security characteristics based upon...
7480619 Integration manager and natural interaction processor  
Natural interaction command decoder implemented on small embedded microprocessors. Strings of text from multiple input sources are merged to create commands. Words that are meaningful within the...
7478041 Speech recognition apparatus, speech recognition apparatus and program thereof  
Provided is a method for canceling background noise of a sound source other than a target direction sound source in order to realize highly accurate speech recognition, and a system using the same....
7475017 Method and apparatus to improve name confirmation in voice-dialing systems  
A method of providing voice dialing assistance includes providing a first input to a speech recognition engine, with the first input corresponding to a speech sample provided by a caller attempting...