SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TUNING AND TESTING IN A SPEECH RECOGNITION SYSTEM
First Claim
1. A method of tuning a speech recognizer, the method comprising:
- playing a selected portion of a digital audio data file;
creating and/or modifying a transcript of the selected audio portion;
displaying information associated with a decode of the selected audio portion; and
determining, based at least in part on the transcript and the information associated with the decode, a modification of the speech recognizer to improve its performance.
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Abstract
Systems and methods for improving the performance of a speech recognition system. In some embodiments a tuner module and/or a tester module are configured to cooperate with a speech recognition system. The tester and tuner modules can be configured to cooperate with each other. In one embodiment, the tuner module may include a module for playing back a selected portion of a digital data audio file, a module for creating and/or editing a transcript of the selected portion, and/or a module for displaying information associated with a decoding of the selected portion, the decoding generated by a speech recognition engine. In other embodiments, the tester module can include an editor for creating and/or modifying a grammar, a module for receiving a selected portion of a digital audio file and its corresponding transcript, and a scoring module for producing scoring statistics of the decoding based at least in part on the transcript.
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26 Claims
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1. A method of tuning a speech recognizer, the method comprising:
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playing a selected portion of a digital audio data file; creating and/or modifying a transcript of the selected audio portion; displaying information associated with a decode of the selected audio portion; and determining, based at least in part on the transcript and the information associated with the decode, a modification of the speech recognizer to improve its performance. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A system for facilitating the tuning of a speech recognizer, the system comprising:
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a playback module configured to play selected portions of a digital audio data file; an editor module configured to allow creation and modification of a transcript of the selected portions; and a detail viewing module configured to display information associated with a decoding of the selected portions by the speech recognizer. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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