Method and Apparatus for Recognizing and Reacting to User Personality in Accordance with Speech Recognition System

Apparatus for recognizing a personality trait associated with a user interacting with a speech recognition system, comprising:

• a memory;
• and
• at least one processor coupled to the memory and operative to:
• (i) obtain one or more decoded spoken utterances of the user, the one or more decoded spoken utterances being generated by the speech recognition system;
• (ii) analyze the one or more decoded spoken utterances to determine one or more linguistic attributes associated with the one or more decoded spoken utterances;
• and (iii) determine the personality trait associated with the user based on the analyzing operation.

An article of manufacture for recognizing a personality trait associated with a user interacting with a speech recognition system, comprising a machine readable medium containing one or more programs which when executed implement the steps of:

• obtaining one or more decoded spoken utterances of the user, the one or more decoded spoken utterances being generated by the speech recognition system;
• analyzing the one or more decoded spoken utterances to determine one or more linguistic attributes associated with the one or more decoded spoken utterances;
• and
• determining the personality trait associated with the user based on the analyzing step.