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Confidence threshold tuning

US8396715B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Microsoft Corporation · US

Inventors

Julian Odell · Kirkland, US
Li Jiang · Beijing, CN
Wei Zhang · Beijing, CN
Xiaodong He · Zhuhai, CN

Key dates

Filing date	Jun 28, 2005
Grant date	Mar 12, 2013
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jan 24, 2030

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG10L15/08
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An expected dialog-turn (ED) value is estimated for evaluating a speech application. Parameters such as a confidence threshold setting can be adjusted based on the expected dialog-turn value. In a particular example, recognition results and corresponding confidence scores are used to estimate the expected dialog-turn value. The recognition results can be associated with a possible outcome for the speech application and a cost for the possible outcome can be used to estimate the expected dialog-turn value.

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