Artificial language
First Claim
1. A method of constructing an artificial spoken language, comprising the steps of:
- providing a set of phonemes or other utterance elements chosen for their low risk of confusion one with another by a speech recogniser, creating words by assembling together said phonemes/utterance elements, and storing the set of created words as a new said artificial spoken language.
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Abstract
New spoken languages are provided that can be easily understood by automated speech recognizers associated with equipment, the languages being learnt by human users in order to speak to the equipment. These new languages are simplified in terms of vocabulary and structure and are specifically designed to minimize recognition errors by automated speech recognizers by being made up of phonemes or other uttered elements that are not easily confused with each other by a speech recognizer. The uttered elements are preferably chosen from an existing language. Apparatus and methods for controlling equipment using these recognizer-friendly languages are also provided as are training systems for training human users to speak these languages, and methods and systems for creating new language instances.
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1. A method of constructing an artificial spoken language, comprising the steps of:
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providing a set of phonemes or other utterance elements chosen for their low risk of confusion one with another by a speech recogniser, creating words by assembling together said phonemes/utterance elements, and storing the set of created words as a new said artificial spoken language. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. Apparatus for use in constructing an artificial spoken language, the apparatus comprising:
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a presentation subsystem for presenting to a user a set of phonemes or other utterance elements chosen for their low risk of confusion one with another by a speech recogniser, a user input subsystem for enabling a user to create words by assembling together said phonemes/utterance elements, and a storage subsystem for storing the set of created words as a new said artificial language. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 19)
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- 8. A method of controlling apparatus wherein a user uses an artificial language to instruct the apparatus by voice input, the apparatus having an associated speech recogniser and said artificial language being made up of words formed from a set of phonemes, or other utterance elements, chosen for their low risk of confusion one with another by the speech recogniser.
- 11. Apparatus provided with a voice-input interface including a speech recogniser adapted to recognise input in the form of an artificial language made up of words formed from a set of phonemes, or other utterance elements, chosen for their low risk of confusion one with another by the speech recogniser.
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14. An artificial spoken language for apparatus control, the language being made up of words formed from a set of phonemes, or other utterance elements, chosen for their low risk of confusion one with another by a speech recogniser.
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20. A training system for teaching a person to use an artificial language, the system including:
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an input subsystem for receiving voice input from the user, an analysis subsystem for detecting errors in the pronunciation and/or grammar of the voice input as compared to an expected input that conforms with said artificial language, and an output subsystem for providing feedback to the user concerning the detected errors;
said artificial language being made up of words formed from a set of phonemes, or other utterance elements, chosen for their low risk of confusion one with another by a speech recogniser.
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- 21. A method of automatically generating candidate artificial spoken language words, the method involving a process that is specifically set to favour artificial-language words which are more easily correctly recognised by a speech recognition system.
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