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Data Processing: Speech Signal Processing, Linguistics, Language Translation, And Audio Compression/decompression > Speech Signal Processing > Recognition > Word Recognition Word RecognitionWord Recognition patent applications listed are from June 2005 to current and include Date, Patent Application Number, Patent Title, Patent Abstract summary and are linked to the corresponding patent application page.09/28/06 - 20060217978 - System and method for handling information in a voice recognition automated conversation Described is a method of storing a characteristic of an utterance to be received by a speech recognition engine, receiving the utterance from a user, the utterance being received in response to a prompt of an automated conversation, analyzing the received utterance to determine if the utterance conforms to the ... 09/14/06 - 20060206327 - Voice-controlled data system A voice-controlled data system is providing that has a storage medium for storing media files, the media files having associated file identification data for allowing the identification of the media files, the file identification data including phonetic data having phonetic information corresponding to the file identification data. The phonetic data ... 09/07/06 - 20060200350 - Multi dimensional confidence A method for managing interactive dialog between a machine and a user is claimed. In one embodiment, an interaction between the machine and the user is managed in response to a confidence value, wherein the confidence value is dependent upon speech recognition confidence and at least one non-acoustic confidence value. ... 09/07/06 - 20060200349 - Electronic device of an electronic voice dictionary and method for looking up a word and playing back a voice An electronic device of an electronic voice dictionary and a method for looking up a word and playing back a pronouncing voice include a key code table in a memory for storing key code values and letters corresponding to key code values, a storage unit containing data signals and voice ... 08/24/06 - 20060190255 - Speech recognition method A speech recognition apparatus is configured to correct an output recognition result in continuous speech recognition using a physical button (key) to specify the position of a correct portion or an incorrect portion, so that the recognition result can be corrected with simple operation, for visually-impaired users, users who cannot ... 08/03/06 - 20060173683 - Methods and apparatus for automatically extending the voice vocabulary of mobile communications devices A method of improving the performance of a speech recognizer, the method involving: providing a lexicon for the speech recognizer; monitoring a user's interaction with a network; accessing a plurality of words associated with the monitored interaction; and including the plurality of words in the lexicon. ... 07/13/06 - 20060155539 - System for compiling word usage frequencies A system for assisting a user who is learning a language to prioritize words to be learned in order of usage frequency is disclosed. A frequency determination program running on a computer determines the frequency of usage of each word at a list of locations provided by the user. Different ... 06/29/06 - 20060143008 - Generation and deletion of pronunciation variations in order to reduce the word error rate in speech recognition Disclosed is a speech recognition method which is based on a dynamic extension of the word models in combination with an evaluation of the pronunciation variations. ... 06/22/06 - 20060136208 - Hybrid apparatus for recognizing answer type An apparatus and a hybrid method for recognizing answer type are disclosed. The apparatus includes: a morpheme analyzer for analyzing morphemes of an input text; a syllabic answer type recognizer for extracting a predetermined size syllable from a morpheme list and recognizing an answer type based on the extracted syllable; ... 06/15/06 - 20060129398 - Method and system for obtaining personal aliases through voice recognition Methods and systems for recognizing a spoken alias are disclosed. The present invention includes generating a plurality of alias variations based on a discoverable name and creating a phonetic representation for each of the alias variations. The present invention also includes capturing a phonetic pronunciation of the spoken alias. At ... 05/04/06 - 20060095262 - Automatic censorship of audio data for broadcast An input audio data stream comprising speech is processed by an automatic censoring filter in either a real-time mode, or a batch mode, producing censored speech that has been altered so that undesired words or phrases are either unintelligible or inaudible. The automatic censoring filter employs a lattice comprising either ... 04/06/06 - 20060074660 - Method and apparatus for enhancing speech recognition accuracy by using geographic data to filter a set of words Enhanced speech recognition accuracy is provided by using geographic data, illustratively related to the geographic location of a mobile device, to automatically select a subset of words for use with a speech recognition procedure. The subset of words is selected from an element database including words that describe elements at ... 04/06/06 - 20060074659 - Assessing fluency based on elapsed time A computer based method and related system, computer program product and device includes receiving audio input associated with a user reading a sequence of words and determining an approximate amount of time corresponding to an absence of input associated with an assessed word, after receiving audio input associated with a ... 03/30/06 - 20060069562 - Word categories A computer based method and related system, device, and computer program product for analyzing reading fluency includes categorizing at least some words in a passage into word categories. The word category for a particular word can be based on its difficulty relative to the reading level of the passage, or ... 03/30/06 - 20060069561 - Intelligent tutoring feedback Methods and related computer program products, systems, and devices for providing intelligent feedback to a user based on audio input associated with a user reading a passage are disclosed. The method can include assessing a level of fluency of a user's reading of the sequence of words using speech recognition ... 03/30/06 - 20060069560 - Method and apparatus for controlling recognition results for speech recognition applications A diagnostic tool for speech recognition applications is provided, which enables a person to edit results achieved by a speech recognizer, during runtime, to determine results of various inputs. The results that can be altered are the speech recognition result, the confidence levels of the output, the N-Best list and ... 03/09/06 - 20060053012 - Speech mapping system and method A speech mapping system and method for assisting a user in the learning of a second language, comprising an extractor for extracting a first set of acoustic data from a monitored speech; said first set of acoustic data comprising aspiration, voicing, allophone/diphong timing and amplitude of the monitored speech; and ... 01/26/06 - 20060020461 - Speech processing apparatus, speech processing method, program, and recording medium An apparatus inputs an utterance and performs speech recognition on the input utterance. The speech processing apparatus determines whether the recognition result contains an unknown word. If it is determined that the recognition result contains an unknown word, it is then determined whether the recognition result is rejected or not. ... 01/19/06 - 20060015339 - Database annotation and retrieval A data structure is provided for annotating data files within a database. The annotation data comprises a phoneme and word lattice which allows the quick and efficient searching of data files within the database in response to a user's input query. The structure of the annotation data is such that ... 01/19/06 - 20060015338 - Voice recognition method with automatic correction The present invention relates to a method of voice recognition with automatic correction in voice recognition systems with constrained syntax. It comprises in particular a step of processing said speech signal delivering a signal in a compressed form, a step of recognizing patterns so as to search, on the basis ... 01/05/06 - 20060004573 - Microphone initialization enhancement for speech recognition A method and arrangement for improved speech recognition in a telephonically challenging speakerphone in-car environment. The method includes receiving a signal from a microphone representative of speech to be recognised, performing detection of a transition in the signal indicative of switch on of the microphone, and, in response to the ... 12/29/05 - 20050288929 - Speech recognition method and apparatus A speech recognition apparatus includes a word dictionary having recognition target words, a first acoustic model which expresses a reference pattern of a speech unit by one or more states, a second acoustic model which is lower in precision than said first acoustic model, selection means for selecting one of ... 12/15/05 - 20050278176 - Hand held pocket pal This device is designed to stimulate the pursuit of knowledge and breakdown the “wall of inadequacy” for people of any age. This device will give the user the meaning of a word or “jargon” instantly—by merely repeating the sound of the word the user has just heard into the microphone ... 12/01/05 - 20050267753 - Distributed speech recognition using dynamically determined feature vector codebook size In a mobile wireless communication system automatic speech recognition is performed in a distributed manner using a mobile station based near or front end stage which extracts and vector quantizes recognition feature parameters from frames of an utterance and an infrastructure based back or far end stage which reverses the ... 10/27/05 - 20050240408 - Method and apparatus for entering verbal numerals in electronic devices A method used to process verbal numerals corresponding to major spoken languages entered in an electronic device that accepts input from a keyboard, a digitizer device configured to receive handwritten input, or a voice recognition device configured to interpret a set of voice words or commands; convert the verbal numeral ... 10/20/05 - 20050234720 - Voice application system A voice application system includes elements for acquiring at least one phrase spoken by at least one user connected to semantic analysis element including members for recognizing keywords belonging to the phrase stated and capable of generating an ordered list of keywords, called a listing, for the phrase spoken, the ... 09/08/05 - 20050197836 - Automated testing of voice recognition software A method and a system for testing a voice enabled application on a target device, the method including conducting one or more interactions with the target device, at least some of the interactions including presenting an acoustic utterance in an acoustic environment to the target device, receiving an output of ... 08/04/05 - 20050171776 - Communication apparatus, communication method and program storage medium The invention provides a communication apparatus, a communication method and a program storage medium. The communication apparatus includes a word-generating means for recognizing a voice and generating a first word and a second word, which correspond to the voice, a word-collating means for collating the first word generated by the ... 07/07/05 - 20050149327 - Text messaging via phrase recognition A method of constructing a text message on a mobile communications device, the method involving: storing a plurality of text phrases; for each of the text phrases, storing a representation that is derived from that text phrase; receiving a spoken phrase from a user; from the received spoken phrase generating ... 06/30/05 - 20050143999 - Question-answering method, system, and program for answering question input by speech Disclosed is a question answering method for answering to a question by using in conjunction with a text database storing text data and a speech database storing speech data. In this method, a speech signal of the question is received. A speech recognition for the speech signal is performed to ... 06/30/05 - 20050143998 - Voice processing device and method, recording medium, and program The present invention relates to a speech processing device and a speech processing method, a storage medium, and a program that can decrease deletion errors and increase a speech recognition rate. With reference to FIG. 16C, a network of words and syllables is generated, in which a path 91 that ... ### FreshPatents.com Support |