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Dialect-specific acoustic language modeling and speech recognition

US8583432B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateJul 25, 2012
Grant dateNov 12, 2013
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Expiry dateJul 25, 2032

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG10L15/005
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Methods and systems for automatic speech recognition and methods and systems for training acoustic language models are disclosed. One system for automatic speech recognition includes a dialect recognition unit and a controller. The dialect recognition unit is configured to analyze acoustic input data to identify portions of the acoustic input data that conform to a general language and to identify portions of the acoustic input data that conform to at least one dialect of the general language. In addition, the controller is configured to apply a general language model and at least one dialect language model to the input data to perform speech recognition by dynamically selecting between the models in accordance with each of the identified portions.

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