Systems and methods for speech recognition using dialect data
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Abstract
A speech-to-text conversion system. The two-way speech recognition and dialect system comprises a computer system, an attached microphone assembly, and speech-to-text conversion software. The two-way speech recognition and dialect system includes a database of dialectal characteristics and queries a user to determine their likely dialect. The system uses this determination to reduce the time for the system to reliably transcribe a user'"'"'s speech into text and to anticipate dialectal word usage. In another embodiment of the invention, the two-way speech recognition and dialect system is capable of transcribing the speech of multiple speakers while distinguishing between the different speakers and identifying the text belonging to each speaker.
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1. (canceled)
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2. A method of processing speech for a speech recognition system, the method comprising:
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receiving input from a user indicative of at least one dialect parameter;
prior to comparing user speech signals with word data, comparing the at least one dialect parameter to dialect parameter data to determine at least one dialect that the user is likely to have;
receiving speech signals corresponding to spoken words of the user; and
using the at least one dialect that the user is likely to have to produce text representations corresponding to the spoken words of the user. - View Dependent Claims (3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A system for transcribing spoken words to text, the system comprising:
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word data correlating words to speech signals;
dialect parameter data associated with a plurality of dialects; and
a processor configured to receive from a user at least one signal indicative of at least one dialect parameter, the processor being further configured to compare the at least one dialect parameter to the dialect parameter data to determine at least one dialect of the plurality of dialects that the user is likely to have prior to comparing speech signals from the user to the word data. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A speech recognition system comprising:
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means for receiving at least one dialect parameter from a user;
means for comparing the at least one dialect parameter to stored dialect parameter data to determine at least one of a plurality of dialects that the user is likely to have prior to receiving speech signals from the user;
means for receiving speech signals corresponding to spoken words of the user; and
means for producing text representations corresponding to the spoken words of the user using the at least one of the plurality of dialects that the user is likely to have. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21)
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