Speech analysis method
First Claim
1. A method for computer-supported speech analysis, in which a syntactic structure is assigned to an utterance, having a context in the narrower sense for combinations of states and speech units, which is composed of speech categories, states, including resultant states, and actions, an expanded context for the combinations of states and speech units which contains syntactic variables which are not contained in the context in the narrower sense, and having the following steps the utterance divided into the speech units, the speech units are assigned to the speech categories, a state is determined, the state is combined with the speech category of a speech unit, one or more actions are assigned to the combination of state and speech category with a probability which depends on the expanded context, a number of resultant states is determined by carrying out the actions, and the method is carried out again starting from the combination of the state with the speech category of a speech unit for at least one of the resultant states so that further speech units of the utterance are processed.
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Abstract
A method for computer-supported speech analysis, in which a syntactic structure is assigned to an utterance. In this process, assignments are made with probabilities which depend on an expanded context.
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1. A method for computer-supported speech analysis, in which a syntactic structure is assigned to an utterance, having
a context in the narrower sense for combinations of states and speech units, which is composed of speech categories, states, including resultant states, and actions, an expanded context for the combinations of states and speech units which contains syntactic variables which are not contained in the context in the narrower sense, and having the following steps the utterance divided into the speech units, the speech units are assigned to the speech categories, a state is determined, the state is combined with the speech category of a speech unit, one or more actions are assigned to the combination of state and speech category with a probability which depends on the expanded context, a number of resultant states is determined by carrying out the actions, and the method is carried out again starting from the combination of the state with the speech category of a speech unit for at least one of the resultant states so that further speech units of the utterance are processed.
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13. An system for computer-supported speech analysis, in which a syntactic structure is assigned to an utterance, having
a context in the narrower sense for combinations of states and speech units, which is composed of speech categories, states, including resultant states, and actions, an expanded context for the combinations of states and speech units which contains syntactic variables which are not contained in the context in the narrower sense, the system comprising: -
a dividing unit to divide the utterance into the speech units, a first assigning unit to assign the speech units to the speech categories, a first determining unit to determine a state, a combining unit to combine the state with the speech category of a speech unit, a second assigning unit to assign one or more actions to the combination of state and speech category with a probability which depends on the expanded context, a second determining unit to determine a number of resultant states is by carrying out the actions, and a repeating unit to reactivate the combining unit, the second assigning unit and the second determining unit, for at least one of the resultant states so that further speech units of the utterance are processed.
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14. (NEW) At least one computer readable medium storing at least one program for controlling at least one computer to perform a method in which a syntactic structure is assigned to an utterance, having
a context in the narrower sense for combinations of states and speech units, which is composed of speech categories, states, including resultant states, and actions, an expanded context for the combinations of states and speech units which contains syntactic variables which are not contained in the context in the narrower sense, the method comprising: -
dividing the utterance into the speech units, assigning the speech units to the speech categories, determining a state, combining the state with the speech category of a speech unit, assigning one or more actions to the combination of state and speech category with a probability which depends on the expanded context, determining a number of resultant states is by carrying out the actions, and repeating the method starting from the combination of the state with the speech category of a speech unit for at least one of the resultant states so that further speech units of the utterance are processed.
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