Filtering audio-based interference from voice commands using interference information

A computer-implemented method, comprising:

• receiving a complex audio signal, wherein the complex audio signal includes an intended audio signal and at least one interfering audio signal, wherein the intended audio signal is a voice-based command originating from a user;
• converting the complex audio signal into text which represents a plurality of words included in the complex audio signal;
• receiving information which corresponds to the at least one interfering audio signal, wherein the received information includes audio samples collected from one or more other users at about a time that the voice-based command was originated, the one or more other users being located in a same area as the user which originated the voice-based command, wherein the audio samples collected from the one or more other users includes the at least one interfering audio signal;
• using the received information to identify at least some of the text as representing words which correspond to the at least one interfering audio signal;
• discarding the identified text;
• and
• outputting a remaining portion of the text,
• wherein the received information includes a second complex audio signal,
• wherein the second complex audio signal includes the intended audio signal and at least a second interfering audio signal,
• wherein using the received information to identify portions of the complex audio signal as being the at least one interfering audio signal includes:
• converting the second complex audio signal into supplemental text which represents a plurality of words included in the second complex audio signal,
• comparing the text with the supplemental text,
• identifying matches between the text and the supplemental text as representing words which correspond to the intended audio signal, and
• identifying the remaining portions of the text and the supplemental text which do not match as representing words which correspond to the at least one interfering audio signal.

A computer program product comprising a computer readable storage medium having program instructions embodied therewith, wherein the computer readable storage medium is not a transitory signal per se, the program instructions readable and/or executable by a controller to cause the controller to perform a method comprising:

• receiving, by the controller, a complex audio signal, wherein the complex audio signal includes an intended audio signal and at least one interfering audio signal, wherein the intended audio signal is a voice-based command originating from a user;
• converting, by the controller, the complex audio signal into text which represents a plurality of words included in the complex audio signal;
• receiving, by the controller, information which corresponds to the at least one interfering audio signal;
• using, by the controller, the received information to identify at least some of the text as representing words which correspond to the at least one interfering audio signal;
• discarding, by the controller, the identified text;
• and
• outputting, by the controller, a remaining portion of the text,
• wherein the received information includes a second complex audio signal, wherein the second complex audio signal includes the intended audio signal and at least a second interfering audio signal, wherein using the received information to identify portions of the complex audio signal as being the at least one interfering audio signal includes:
• converting the second complex audio signal into supplemental text which represents a plurality of words included in the second complex audio signal;
• comparing the text with the supplemental text;
• identifying matches between the text and the supplemental text as representing words which correspond to the intended audio signal;
• and
• identifying the remaining portions of the text and the supplemental text which do not match as representing words which correspond to the at least one interfering audio signal.