Data processing: speech signal processing – linguistics – language – Speech signal processing – For storage or transmission
Reexamination Certificate
2006-07-11
2006-07-11
McFadden, Susan (Department: 2655)
Data processing: speech signal processing, linguistics, language
Speech signal processing
For storage or transmission
C704S256000
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07076422
ABSTRACT:
A speech recognition system recognizes filled pause utterances made by a speaker. In one embodiment, an ergodic model is used to acoustically model filled pauses that provides flexibility allowing varying utterances of the filled pauses to be made. The ergodic HMM model can also be used for other types of noise such as but limited to breathing, keyboard operation, microphone noise, laughter, door openings and/or closings, or any other noise occurring in the environment of the user or made by the user. Similarly, silence can be modeled using an ergodic HMM model. Recognition can be used with N-gram, context-free grammar or hybrid language models.
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Koehler Steven M.
McFadden Susan
Microsoft Corporation
Westman,Champlin & Kelly, P.A.
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