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Detecting an answering machine using speech recognition

  • US 20080015846A1
  • Filed: 07/12/2006
  • Published: 01/17/2008
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/12/2006
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A computer-implemented method of ascertaining whether a call recipient is an actual person or an answering machine, the method comprising:

  • receiving an audible response from a call recipient and processing the audible response with a speech recognizer to provide an output indicative of recognized speech; and

    processing the output indicative of recognized speech with a classifier to provide an output indicative of whether the call recipient is an actual person or an answering machine, said processing being based on a statistical analysis of the output indicative of recognized speech.

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