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Feneme-based Markov models for words

US5165007A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJun 12, 1989
Grant dateNov 17, 1992
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Expiry dateJun 12, 2009

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG10L2015/0631
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

In a speech recognition system, apparatus and method for modelling words with label-based Markov models is disclosed. The modelling includes: entering a first speech input, corresponding to words in a vocabulary, into an acoustic processor which converts each spoken word into a sequence of standard labels, where each standard label corresponds to a sound type assignable to an interval of time; representing each standard label as a probabilistic model which has a plurality of states, at least one transition from a state to a state, and at least one settable output probability at some transitions; entering selected acoustic inputs into an acoustic processor which converts the selected acoustic inputs into personalized labels, each personalized label corresponding to a sound type assigned to an interval of time; and setting each output probability as the probability of the standard label represented by a given model producing a particular personalized label at a given transition in the given model. The present invention addresses the problem of generating models of words simply and automatically in a speech recognition system.

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