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Method and system for selecting speech or DTMF interfaces or a mixture of both

US7356130B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateDec 30, 2004
Grant dateApr 8, 2008
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Expiry dateNov 5, 2025

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  • Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
  • CPC primaryC23C16/52
  • WIPO fieldSurface technology, coating
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A wizard that from a fixed design can create various audio interfaces. The generated interfaces can be speech only, DTMF only, or various mixed speech and DTMF UIs. When specifying both speech and DTMF prompts, a number of combinations of these interfaces could be automatically generated. Robust speech recognition systems can be built by automatically generating a “shadow” DTMF application. The DTMF application will perform the same task as the primary speech application; however the transfer to a DTMF application could be done explicitly by the user, or could be transferred automatically (either a temporary or permanent transition) at a point in the call flow where there was a problem with the speech recognition.

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