Automatic improvement of spoken language
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1. A method for improving spoken language, comprising:
- accepting a speech input from by a speaker using a language;
identifying the speaker with a predetermined speaker category; and
correcting an error in the speech input using an error model that is specific to the speaker category.
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Abstract
A method for improving spoken language includes accepting a speech input from by a speaker using a language, identifying the speaker with a predetermined speaker category and correcting an error in the speech input using an error model that is specific to the speaker category.
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1. A method for improving spoken language, comprising:
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accepting a speech input from by a speaker using a language;
identifying the speaker with a predetermined speaker category; and
correcting an error in the speech input using an error model that is specific to the speaker category. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. Apparatus for improving spoken language, comprising:
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a memory, which is arranged to store a language model database, comprising one or more error models relating to one or more respective speaker categories; and
a language improver, which is arranged to accept a speech input from by a speaker using a language, to identify the speaker with a speaker category, and to correct an error in the speech input using one of the error models that is specific to the speaker category. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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- 30. A computer software product for improving spoken language, the product comprising a computer-readable medium in which program instructions are stored, which instructions, when read by the computer, cause the computer to access one or more error models relating to one or more respective speaker categories, to accept a speech input from by a speaker using a language, to identify the speaker with a speaker category and to correct an error in the speech input using one of the error models that is specific to the speaker category.
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