Data processing: speech signal processing – linguistics – language – Speech signal processing – Recognition
Patent
1999-01-13
2000-06-13
Hudspeth, David R.
Data processing: speech signal processing, linguistics, language
Speech signal processing
Recognition
704243, 704252, G10L 506
Patent
active
060760540
ABSTRACT:
Methods and apparatus for generating and using both speaker dependent and speaker independent garbage models in speaker dependent speech recognition applications are described. The present invention recognizes that in some speech recognition systems, e.g., systems where multiple speech recognition operations are performed on the same signal, it may be desirable to recognize and treat words or phrases in one part of the speech recognition system as garbage or out of vocabulary utterances with the understanding that the very same words or phrases will be recognized and treated as in-vocabulary by another portion of the system. In accordance with the present invention, in systems where both speaker independent and speaker dependent speech recognition operations are performed independently, e.g., in parallel, one or more speaker independent models of words or phrases which are to be recognized by the speaker independent speech recognizer are included as garbage (OOV) models in the speaker dependent speech recognizer. This reduces the risk of obtaining conflicting speech recognition results from the speaker independent and speaker dependent speech recognition circuits. When an OOV model is recognized, an indication that none of the words represented by the speaker dependent models have been detected may be provided. The present invention also provides for the generation of speaker dependent garbage models from the very same data used to generate speaker dependent speech recognition models, e.g., word models.
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Raman Vijay R.
Vysotsky George J.
Hudspeth David R.
Michaelson Peter L.
NYNEX Science & Technology, Inc.
Storm Donald L.
Straub Michael P.
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