Method and apparatus for speech recognition
First Claim
1. A speech recognition method comprising:
- inputting speech uttered by a user;
recognizing the input speech and creating a list of a predetermined number of alternative words to be recognized in an order of similarity; and
determining one of the alternative words that a cursor currently indicates as a final, recognized word if a user selection has not been changed within a predetermined standby time, and rearranging an order of the list of the predetermined number of alternative words according to the user selection.
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for enhancing the performance of speech recognition by adaptively changing a process of determining the final, recognized word depending on a user'"'"'s selection in a list of alternative words represented by a result of speech recognition. A speech recognition method comprising: inputting speech uttered by a user; recognizing the input speech and creating a predetermined number of alternative words to be recognized in the order of similarity; and displaying a list of alternative words arranged in a predetermined order and determining an alternative word that a cursor currently indicates as the final, recognized word if a user'"'"'s selection from the list of alternative words has not been changed within a predetermined standby time.
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29 Claims
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1. A speech recognition method comprising:
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inputting speech uttered by a user;
recognizing the input speech and creating a list of a predetermined number of alternative words to be recognized in an order of similarity; and
determining one of the alternative words that a cursor currently indicates as a final, recognized word if a user selection has not been changed within a predetermined standby time, and rearranging an order of the list of the predetermined number of alternative words according to the user selection. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A computer-readable recording medium comprising:
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a first program that recognizes speech uttered by a user and displays a list of alternative words derived from the recognition of the speech in a predetermined order; and
a second program that determines whether a user selection from the list of alternative words has been changed within a predetermined standby time and determines an alternative word on the list of alternative words that a cursor currently indicates, as the final, recognized word, if the user selection has not been changed. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16)
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17. A speech recognition apparatus comprising:
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a speech input unit that inputs speech uttered by a user;
a speech recognizer that recognizes the speech input from the speech input unit and creates a predetermined number of alternative words to be recognized in an order of similarity; and
a post-processor that determines one of the alternative words that a cursor currently indicates as a final, recognized word, if a user selection from a list of the alternative words has not been changed within a predetermined standby time, and rearranging an order of the list of the alternative words according to the user selection. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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26. A speech recognition method comprising:
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displaying a list of alternative words, including a first alternative word, resulting from speech recognition;
determining whether an initial standby time has elapsed; and
determining the first alternative word as the final, recognized word if a user has not selected another alternative word from the list of alternative words after the predetermined standby time has elapsed, wherein the list of alternative words is continuously updated and arranged in a predetermined order by computing a number of times the first alternative word and the final recognized word match. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28, 29)
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