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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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,...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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....
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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...
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