Meaning token dictionary for automatic speech recognition
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorMichael Vanhilst
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Abstract
Systems and methods of automatic speech recognition are described. In one aspect, an automatic speech recognition system includes a speech recognition dictionary and a speech recognizer. The speech recognition dictionary includes a plurality of meaning tokens each associated with one or more pronunciations of one or more vocabulary words and signifying a single meaning. The speech recognizer is configured to convert spoken input into a sequence of meaning tokens contained in the speech recognition dictionary and corresponding to a sequence of vocabulary words most likely to have been spoken by a user.
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An automatic speech recognition system, comprising:
- a speech recognition dictionary comprising a plurality of meaning tokens each associated with one or more pronunciations of one or more vocabulary words and signifying a single meaning;
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- a speech recognizer configured to convert spoken input into a sequence of meaning tokens contained in the speech recognition dictionary and corresponding to a sequence of vocabulary words most likely to have been spoken by a user.
An automatic speech recognition method, comprising:
- converting spoken input into a sequence of meaning tokens contained in a speech recognition dictionary and corresponding to a sequence of vocabulary words most likely to have been spoken by a user,
- wherein the speech recognition dictionary comprises a plurality of meaning tokens each associated with one or more pronunciations of one or more vocabulary words and signifying a single meaning.
A computer program for automatically recognizing speech, the computer program residing on a computer-readable medium and comprising computer-readable instructions for causing a computer to:
- convert spoken input into a sequence of meaning tokens contained in a speech recognition dictionary and corresponding to a sequence of vocabulary words most likely to have been spoken by a user,
- wherein the speech recognition dictionary resides on the computer-readable medium and comprises a plurality of meaning tokens each associated with one or more pronunciations of one or more vocabulary words and signifying a single meaning.
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