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US 2006/0143008 A1Published application
Generation and deletion of pronunciation variations in order to reduce the word error rate in speech recognition
OwnerTobias Schneider, Andreas Schroer +4inventors
InventorsTobias Schneider, Andreas Schroer, Gunter Steinmabl, Karl Steinmabl, Brigitte Steinmabl, Michael Wandinger
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Abstract
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.
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A method for speech recognition, comprising:
- determining a number of pronunciation variants that are available for a word;
- generating a number of pronunciation variants if no available variants are determined;
- and
- registering which of the pronunciation variants of the word is detected via a recognition process, wherein after a number of recognition processes, an analysis of the frequency of the recognition of the individual pronunciation variants is undertaken to determine the most frequent and least frequent variants recognized in the registering step.
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A computer readable storage medium containing a set of instructions for a processor having a user interface, the set of instructions comprising:
- determining a number of pronunciation variants that are available for a word;
- generating a number of pronunciation variants if no available variants are determined;
- and
- registering which of the pronunciation variants of the word is detected via a recognition process, wherein after a number of recognition processes, an analysis of the frequency of the recognition of the individual pronunciation variants is undertaken to determine the most frequent and least frequent variants recognized in the registering step.
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