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System and method for modeless large vocabulary speech recognition

US6292779A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMar 9, 1999
Grant dateSep 18, 2001
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Expiry dateMar 9, 2019

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG10L2015/228
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A modeless large vocabulary continuous speech recognition system is provided that represents an input utterance as a sequence of input vectors. The system includes a common library of acoustic model states for arrangement in sequences that form acoustic models. Each acoustic model is composed of a sequence of segment models and each segment model is composed of a sequence of model states. An input processor compares each vector in a sequence of input vectors to a set of model states in the common library to produce a match score for each model state in the set, reflecting the likelihood that a state is represented by a vector. The system also includes a plurality of recognition modules and associated recognition grammars. The recognition modules operate in parallel and use the match scores with the acoustic models to determine at least one recognition result in each of the recognition modules. The recognition modules includes a dictation module for producing at least one probable dictation recognition result, a select module for recognizing a portion of visually displayed text for processing with a command, and a command module for producing at least one probable command recognitio…

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