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Incorporating an exogenous large-vocabulary model into rule-based speech recognition

US9601108B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJan 17, 2014
Grant dateMar 21, 2017
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Expiry dateMay 12, 2034

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG10L15/193
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Incorporation of an exogenous large-vocabulary model into rule-based speech recognition is provided. An audio stream is received by a local small-vocabulary rule-based speech recognition system (SVSRS), and is streamed to a large-vocabulary statistically-modeled speech recognition system (LVSRS). The SVSRS and LVSRS perform recognitions of the audio. If a portion of the audio is not recognized by the SVSRS, a rule is triggered that inserts a mark-up in the recognition result. The recognition result is sent to the LVSRS. If a mark-up is detected, recognition of a specified portion of the audio is performed. The LVSRS result is unified with the SVSRS result and sent as a hybrid response back to the SVSRS. If the hybrid-recognition rule is not triggered, an arbitration algorithm is evoked to determine whether the SVSRS or the LVSRS recognition has a lesser word error rate. The determined recognition is sent as a response to the SVSRS.

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