Data processing: speech signal processing – linguistics – language – Speech signal processing – Recognition
Reexamination Certificate
2007-12-13
2008-10-14
Abebe, Daniel D (Department: 2626)
Data processing: speech signal processing, linguistics, language
Speech signal processing
Recognition
Reexamination Certificate
active
07437291
ABSTRACT:
A method, system and computer readable device for recognizing a partial utterance in an automatic speech recognition (ASR) system where said method comprising the steps of, receiving, by a ASR recognition unit, an input signal representing a speech utterance or word and transcribing the input signal into text, interpreting, by a ASR interpreter unit, whether the text is either a positive or a negative match to a list of automated options by matching the text with a grammar or semantic database representing the list of automated options, wherein if the ASR interpreter unit results in said positive match proceeding to a next input signal and if the ASR interpreter unit results in said negative match rejecting the text as representing said partial utterance, and processing, by a linguistic filtering unit, the rejected text to derive a correct match between the rejected text and the grammar or semantic database. And, then using the derived word for responding to the user in the next dialog turn in order to reduce or eliminate churn in the human-computer spoken dialog interaction.
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Lubensky David M.
Stewart Osamuyimen T.
Abebe Daniel D
Dougherty, Esq. Anne V.
International Business Machines - Corporation
Scully , Scott, Murphy & Presser, P.C.
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