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Speech recognition with parallel recognition tasks

US8364481B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJul 2, 2008
Grant dateJan 29, 2013
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Expiry dateMar 23, 2031

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG10L15/26
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The subject matter of this specification can be embodied in, among other things, a method that includes receiving an audio signal and initiating speech recognition tasks by a plurality of speech recognition systems (SRS's). Each SRS is configured to generate a recognition result specifying possible speech included in the audio signal and a confidence value indicating a confidence in a correctness of the speech result. The method also includes completing a portion of the speech recognition tasks including generating one or more recognition results and one or more confidence values for the one or more recognition results, determining whether the one or more confidence values meets a confidence threshold, aborting a remaining portion of the speech recognition tasks for SRS's that have not completed generating a recognition result, and outputting a final recognition result based on at least one of the generated one or more speech results.

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