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Augmented-word language model

US6606597B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateSep 8, 2000
Grant dateAug 12, 2003
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Expiry dateJul 25, 2021

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F40/284
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A language model comprising a plurality of augmented-word n-grams and probabilities corresponding to such n-grams. Each n-gram is comprised of a sequence of augmented words. Each augmented word is comprised of the orthographic representation of the word together with a tag representing lexical information regarding the word, such as syntactic or semantic information. Also disclosed are a method of building such a language model, a method of automatically recognizing speech using the language model and a speech recognition system that employs the language model.

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