Method and apparatus for correcting failures in automated speech recognition systems
AssigneeRovi Guides, Inc.
InventorsAnkur Anil Aher, Jeffry Copps Robert Jose
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Abstract
Systems and methods are disclosed and described for correcting errors in ASR transcriptions. For an incorrect transcription, different words or phrases from the transcription, and/or related words or phrases, are submitted as hint words to the ASR system, and the voice query is submitted again, to determine new transcriptions. This process is repeated with different transcription terms, until a different and more proper transcription is generated. This increases the accuracy of ASR systems.
Claims21
A method of correcting errors in searches for electronic content resulting from incorrect transcriptions by an automated speech recognition system, the method comprising:
- for an incorrect transcription output by one or more automated speech recognition systems, successively submitting, using control circuitry, terms associated with different subsets of terms of the transcription as hint words to the one or more automated speech recognition systems, until a resulting transcription output by the one or more automated speech recognition systems differs from the incorrect transcription;
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- submitting the resulting transcription to an electronic content search system for selecting electronic content corresponding to the resulting transcription.
A system for correcting errors in searches for electronic content resulting from incorrect transcriptions by an automated speech recognition system, the system comprising:
- a storage device;
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- control circuitry configured to:
- for an incorrect transcription output by one or more automated speech recognition systems, successively submit terms associated with different subsets of terms of the transcription as hint words to the one or more automated speech recognition systems, until a resulting transcription output by the one or more automated speech recognition systems differs from the incorrect transcription;
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- submit the resulting transcription to an electronic content search system for selecting electronic content corresponding to the resulting transcription.
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