User interface for dictation application employing automatic speech recognition
AssigneeNuance Communications, Inc.
InventorKaarel Kaljurand
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Abstract
In an automatic speech recognition (ASR) dictation application, a user interface may be provided for informing a user how to dictate desired text. Input may be received from the user of the dictation application, specifying a desired text sequence. In response to the received input, output may automatically be provided to the user via the user interface, indicating one or more speech sequences that, when spoken by a user and recognized by the dictation application using ASR, would cause the dictation application to output the desired text sequence as a recognition result.
Claims18
A system to instruct a user how to dictate to an automatic speech recognition (ASR) dictation application, comprising:
- at least one processor;
- and
- at least one storage medium storing processor-executable instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the system to:
- receive a textual user input indicating a desired textual expression to be generated as an ASR result, the textual user input having been provided via a user interface useable for instructing a user how to dictate desired text, and
- in response to receipt of the textual user input indicating the desired textual expression:
- determine a speech sequence that, when provided as a speech input to the ASR dictation application, would be recognized using ASR such that the desired textual expression is output as an ASR transcription of the speech sequence, and
- output, via the user interface, an instruction to the user of speech to input to the ASR dictation application to result in the desired textual expression being generated as an ASR recognition result, wherein outputting of the instruction comprises outputting the speech sequence in a textual format for presentation in the user interface together with the desired textual expression received as the textual user input.
A method for instructing a user how to dictate to an automatic speech recognition (ASR) dictation application, the method comprising:
- receiving, via a user interface useable for instructing a user how to dictate desired text to obtain a desired ASR result, a desired textual expression inputted by the user;
- determining a speech sequence that, when provided as a speech input to the ASR dictation application, would be recognized using ASR such that the desired textual expression is output as an ASR transcription of the speech sequence, and
- outputting the speech sequence in a textual format for presentation via the user interface, to instruct the user that the speech sequence, when provided as a speech input to the ASR dictation application, will result in the desired textual expression being generated as an ASR recognition result.
At least one non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing computer-executable instructions that, when executed, perform a method for instructing a user how to dictate to an automatic speech recognition (ASR) dictation application, the method comprising:
- receiving, via a user interface useable for instructing a user how to dictate desired text to obtain a desired ASR result, a desired textual expression inputted by the user;
- determining a speech sequence that, when provided as a speech input to the ASR dictation application, would be recognized using ASR such that the desired textual expression is output as an ASR transcription of the speech sequence and
- causing the speech sequence to be outputted in a textual format for presentation via the user interface, to instruct the user that the speech sequence, when provided as a speech input to the ASR dictation application, will result in the desired textual expression being generated as an ASR recognition result.
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