Data processing: speech signal processing – linguistics – language – Speech signal processing – Recognition
Patent
1997-06-02
1999-07-06
Hudspeth, David R.
Data processing: speech signal processing, linguistics, language
Speech signal processing
Recognition
704272, 704251, 704266, G09B 1104
Patent
active
059208384
ABSTRACT:
A computer implemented reading tutor comprises a player for outputting a response. An input block implementing a plurality of functions such as silence detection, speech recognition, etc. captures the read material. A tutoring function compares the output of the speech recognizer to the text which was supposed to have been read and generates a response, as needed, based on information in a knowledge base and an optional student model. The response is output to the user through the player. A quality control function evaluates the captured read material and stores the captured material in the knowledge base under certain conditions. An auto-enhancement function uses information available to the tutor to create additional resources such as identifying rhyming words, words with common roots, etc., which can be used as responses.
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Aist Gregory S.
Mostow Jack
Abebe Daniel
Carnegie Mellon University
Hudspeth David R.
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