Apparatus and method for automatically generating punctuation marks continuous speech recognition

An apparatus for automatically generating punctuation marks in a continuous speech recognition system, comprising means (1,2,3,5) for recognizing user speech and converting said user speech into words, characterized by further comprising:

• means for generating location indicating signals in response to operations of a user during dictation, said location indicating signals indicating locations in output results of said means (1,2,3,5) for recognizing user speech;
• means (10) for calculating probability for each pseudo punctuation mark in a language model containing pseudo punctuation marks that said pseudo punctuation mark would occur in said output results of said means for recognizing;
• means (13) for finding most likely pseudo punctuation marks at locations indicated by said location indicating signal based on said probabilities calculated, and generating punctuation marks corresponding to said most likely pseudo punctuation marks.

A method for automatically generating punctuation marks in a continuous speech recognition system, comprising a step of recognizing user speech and converting said user speech into words, characterized by further comprising steps of:

• generating a location indicating signal in response to operations of a user during dictation, said location indicating signal indicating locations in output results of said step of recognizing user speech;
• calculating probability for each pseudo punctuation mark in a language model containing pseudo punctuation marks that said pseudo punctuation mark would occur in said output results of said step of recognizing user speech;
• finding most likely pseudo punctuation marks at locations indicated by said location indicating signal based on said probabilities calculated, and generating punctuation marks corresponding to said most likely pseudo punctuation marks.