System and method for processing speech recognition

A system comprising:

• a processor;
• and
• a computer-readable storage medium having instructions stored which, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:
• receiving a speech utterance from a client device, the speech utterance spoken by a user;
• identifying a location associated with the speech utterance;
• determining, by accessing a profile of the user, a probability associated with the user and the location, the probability being an expected type of background noise for the user at the location;
• and
• based on the probability, applying a background noise model to recognize the speech utterance.

A computer-readable storage device having instructions stored which, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:

• receiving a speech utterance from a client device, the speech utterance spoken by a user;
• identifying a location associated with the speech utterance;
• determining, by accessing a profile of the user, a probability associated with the user and the location, the probability being an expected type of background noise for the user at the location;
• and
• based on the probability, applying a background noise model to recognize the speech utterance.