Data processing: speech signal processing – linguistics – language – Speech signal processing – Recognition
Reexamination Certificate
2005-12-06
2005-12-06
Armstrong, Angela (Department: 2654)
Data processing: speech signal processing, linguistics, language
Speech signal processing
Recognition
C704S010000, C704S243000, C704S236000, C704S254000, C704S252000
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06973427
ABSTRACT:
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, two possible phonetic descriptions are generated. One phonetic description is formed from the text of the word. The other phonetic description is formed by decoding a speech signal representing the user's pronunciation of the word. Both phonetic descriptions are scored based on their correspondence to the user's pronunciation. The phonetic description with the highest score is then selected for entry in the speech recognition lexicon.
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Alleva Fileno A.
Hwang Mei-Yuh
Weiss Rebecca C.
Armstrong Angela
Magee Theodore M.
Microsoft Corporation
Westman Champlin & Kelly P.A.
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