Computer controlled speech word recognition display dictionary providing user selection to clarify indefinite detection of speech words

• US 20020094512A1
• Filed: 11/29/2000
• Published: 07/18/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 11/29/2000
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Bhogal, Kulvir Singh, Sidhu, Mandeep, Baweja, Baljeet Singh, Ishmael,, Nizam Jr.
• Application Number:
  US09/726,011
• Publication Number:
  US 20020094512A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 434/169
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 15/26 Speech to text systems G10L15/08 takes precedence

Abstract

A computer controlled speech recognition display dictionary wherein the user may interactively clarify indefinitely detected speech words. There is provided a basic combination of a dictionary of recognizable speech words and the definitions of said words stored for said display dictionary, a routine for detecting said speech words and an implementation responsive to a definite detection of a speech word for displaying said word and the definition of the detected word. Now, in the case of an indefinite recognition, the invention provides an implementation responsive to an indefinite detection of a speech word for displaying a list of possible words approximating said detected word, enabling user selection of one of said displayed possible words and means responsive to a user selection of one of said displayed words for displaying the definition of the selected word.

Claims

1. A computer controlled display dictionary with speech word recognition comprising:

a dictionary of recognizable speech words and the definitions of said words stored for said display dictionary;

means for detecting said speech words;

means responsive to a definite detection of a speech word for displaying said word and the definition of the detected word;

means responsive to an indefinite detection of a speech word for displaying a list of possible words approximating said detected word;

means for user selection of one of said displayed possible words; and

means responsive to a user selection of one of said displayed words for displaying the definition of the selected word.

2. The computer controlled display dictionary of claim 1 wherein said definitions of said speech words are in a different language from said speech words.

3. The computer controlled display dictionary of claim 1 wherein said dictionary comprises a handheld display device.

4. The computer controlled display dictionary of claim 1 further including:

means responsive to said user selection of one of said displayed possible words for storing said displayed definition, and

means for treating all subsequent detections of said selected speech word as a definite detection of said selected word for displaying said stored definition of said selected word.

5. The computer controlled display dictionary of claim 1 further including means for adding speech words to said dictionary comprising:

means for receiving a speech word not in said dictionary,

means associated with said receiving means for enabling a user entry through the dictionary display of the definition of said received word, and

means for storing said received word and a user entered definition of said received word.

6. In a computer controlled display dictionary of recognizable speech words and the stored definitions of said words, a method for finding the definition of a speech word comprising;

detecting said speech word;

responsive to a definite detection of a speech word, displaying said detected word and the definition of the detected word;

responsive to an indefinite detection of a speech word, displaying a list of possible words approximating said detected word;

enabling user selection of one of said displayed possible words; and

responsive to a user selection of one of said displayed words, displaying the definition of the selected word.

7. The method of claim 6 wherein said definitions of said speech words are in a different language from said speech words.

8. The method of claim 6 wherein said dictionary is in a handheld display device.

9. The method of claim 6 further including the steps of:

responsive to said user selection of one of said displayed possible words, storing said displayed definition, and

treating all subsequent detections of said selected speech word as a definite detection of said selected word for displaying said stored definition of said selected word.

10. The method of claim 6 further including steps for adding speech words to said dictionary comprising:

receiving a speech word not in said dictionary,

enabling a user entry through the dictionary display of the definition of said received word, and

storing said received word and any user entered definition of said received word.

11. A computer program having code recorded on a computer readable medium for finding the definition of a speech word in a computer controlled display dictionary of recognizable speech words and the stored definitions of said words comprising:

means for detecting said speech words;

means responsive to a definite detection of a speech word for displaying said word and the definition of the detected word;

means responsive to an indefinite detection of a speech word for displaying a list of possible words approximating said detected word;

means for user selection of one of said displayed possible words; and

means responsive to a user selection of one of said displayed words for displaying the definition of the selected word.

12. The computer program of claim 11 wherein said definitions of said speech words are in a different language from said speech words.

13. The computer program of claim 11 wherein said dictionary comprises a handheld display device.

14. The computer program of claim 11 further including:

means responsive to said user selection of one of said displayed possible words for storing said displayed definition, and

means for treating all subsequent detections of said selected speech word as a definite detection of said selected word for displaying said stored definition of said selected word.

15. The computer program of claim 11 further including means for adding speech words to said dictionary comprising:

means for receiving a speech word not in said dictionary,

means associated with said receiving means for enabling a user entry through the dictionary display of the definition of said received word, and

means for storing said received word and a user entered definition of said received word.