Method and apparatus for transcribing speech when a plurality of speakers are participating

A system for transcribing speech of a plurality of speakers, comprising:

• a memory that stores computer-readable code;
• and
• a processor operatively coupled to said memory, said processor configured to implement said computer-readable code, said computer-readable code configured to:
• provide said speech to a plurality of speech decoders, each of said decoders using a speaker model for one of said speakers and generating a confidence score for each decoded output;
• and
• select a decoded output having a highest confidence score.

A system for transcribing speech of a plurality of speakers, comprising:

• a memory that stores computer-readable code;
• and
• a processor operatively coupled to said memory, said processor configured to implement said computer-readable code, said computer-readable code configured to:
• provide said speech to a speaker independent speech recognition system and a speaker specific speech recognition system;
• and
• decode said speech using said speaker independent speech recognition system whenever the identity of the current speaker is unknown.

A system for transcribing speech of a plurality of speakers, comprising:

• a memory that stores computer-readable code;
• and
• a processor operatively coupled to said memory, said processor configured to implement said computer-readable code, said computer-readable code configured to:
• provide said speech to a speaker independent speech recognition system and a speaker specific speech recognition system;
• and
• decode said speech using said speaker specific speech recognition system with a speaker model for an identified speaker until there is a speaker change.

An article of manufacture for transcribing speech of a plurality of speakers, comprising:

• a computer readable medium having computer readable code means embodied thereon, said computer readable program code means comprising:
• a step to provide said speech to a plurality of speech decoders, each of said decoders using a speaker model for one of said speakers and generating a confidence score for each decoded output;
• and
• a step to select a decoded output having a highest confidence score.

An article of manufacture for transcribing speech of a plurality of speakers, comprising:

• a computer readable medium having computer readable code means embodied thereon, said computer readable program code means comprising:
• a step to provide said speech to a speaker independent speech recognition system and a speaker specific speech recognition system;
• and
• a step to decode said speech using said speaker independent speech recognition system whenever the identity of the current speaker is unknown.

An article of manufacture for transcribing speech of a plurality of speakers, comprising:

• a computer readable medium having computer readable code means embodied thereon, said computer readable program code means comprising:
• a step to provide said speech to a speaker independent speech recognition system and a speaker specific speech recognition system;
• and
• a step to decode said speech using said speaker specific speech recognition system with a speaker model for an identified speaker until there is a speaker change.