Methods and apparatus to perform enhanced speech to text processing

• US 20060282265A1
• Filed: 06/10/2005
• Published: 12/14/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 06/10/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Intel Corporation
• Original Assignee: Intel Corporation
• Inventors: Gruber, Joe, Grobman, Steve
• Application Number:
  US11/150,007
• Publication Number:
  US 20060282265A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 704/246
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 15/22 Procedures used during a speech recognition process, e.g. man-machine dialogue

Abstract

A method, apparatus, and articles of manufacture to perform speech to text conversion are disclosed. One example method of performing speech to text conversion at a first location includes determining an identity of a speaker, accessing a directory to determine a location at which speaker dependent training data associated with the speaker is stored, loading speaker dependent training data associated with the speaker, and performing speech to text conversion using the speaker dependent training data associated with the speaker.

Claims

1. A method of performing speech to text conversion at a first location, the method comprising:

determining an identity of a speaker;

accessing a directory to determine a location at which speaker dependent training data associated with the speaker is stored;

loading speaker dependent training data associated with the speaker; and

performing speech to text conversion using the speaker dependent training data associated with the speaker.

2. A method as defined by claim 1, wherein determining the identity of the speaker comprises determining a unique identifier associated with the speaker.

3. A method as defined by claim 2, wherein the unique identifier is stored in a radio frequency device proximate the speaker.

4. A method as defined by claim 1, wherein determining the identity of the speaker comprises receiving a user indication of the speaker identity.

5. A method as defined by claim 1, wherein determining the identity of the speaker comprises attempting to perform speech to text conversion and assessing the results thereof.

6. A method as defined by claim 1, wherein loading speaker dependent training data associated with the speaker comprises accessing a repository of speaker dependent training data that is remote from the speaker.

7. A method as defined by claim 1, wherein performing speech to text comprises multiplexing text and speech.

8. A method of performing speech to text conversion comprising:

receiving a communication to provide speaker dependent training data associated with speaker from a first location to a second location;

providing the speaker dependent training data associated with the speaker from the first location to the second location; and

performing speech to text conversion using the speaker dependent training data associated with the speaker.

9. A method as defined by claim 8, further comprising:

storing second speaker dependent training data at the second location;

receiving a communication to provide the second speaker dependent training data from the second location to the first location; and

providing the second speaker dependent training data from the second location to the first location.

10. A method as defined by claim 9, wherein the first location and the second location comprise a peer to peer relationship.

11. A method as defined by claim 8, wherein second speaker dependent training data is stored at the second location.

12. A method as defined by claim 11, further comprising performing speech to text conversion using the second speaker dependent training data at the second location.

13. A method as defined by claim 12, wherein the speech to text conversion comprises subtitling, translation, or transcription.

14. A method as defined by claim 11, wherein the second location comprises a pointer to third speaker dependent training data stored as a third location.

15. A method as defined by claim 8, wherein performing speech to text comprises multiplexing text and speech.

16. A method as defined by claim 8, wherein performing speech to text conversion using the speaker dependent training data associated with the speaker comprises an audio driver receiving audio and passing the audio to a speaker dependent analysis application.

17. A method as defined by claim 16, wherein performing speech to text conversion using the speaker dependent training data associated with the speaker comprises virtual audio driver that passes audio information to other audio applications.

18. An article of manufacture comprising a machine-accessible medium having a plurality of machine accessible instructions that, when executed, cause a machine to:

determine an identity of a speaker;

access a directory to determine a location at which speaker dependent training data associated with the speaker is stored;

load speaker dependent training data associated with the speaker; and

perform speech to text conversion using the speaker dependent training data associated with the speaker.

19. A machine-accessible medium as defined by claim 18, wherein determining the identity of the speaker comprises determining a unique identifier associated with the speaker.

20. A machine-accessible medium as defined by claim 18, wherein determining the identity of the speaker comprises receiving a user indication of the speaker identity.

21. A machine-accessible medium as defined by claim 18, wherein determining the identity of the speaker comprises attempting to perform speech to text conversion and assessing the results thereof.

22. A machine-accessible medium as defined by claim 18, wherein loading speaker dependent training data associated with the speaker comprises accessing a repository of speaker dependent training data that is remote from the speaker.

23. A method as defined by claim 18, wherein performing speech to text comprises multiplexing text and speech.

24. An article of manufacture comprising a machine-accessible medium having a plurality of machine accessible instructions that, when executed, cause a machine to:

receive a communication to provide speaker dependent training data associated with a speaker from a first location to a second location;

provide the speaker dependent training data associated with the speaker from the first location to the second location; and

perform speech to text conversion using the speaker dependent training data associated with the speaker.

25. A method as defined by claim 24, wherein performing speech to text comprises multiplexing text and speech.