SPEECH RECOGNITION OF CHARACTER SEQUENCES
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Abstract
A method of and a system for processing speech. A spoken utterance of a plurality of characters can be received. A plurality of known character sequences that potentially correspond to the spoken utterance can be selected. Each selected known character sequence can be scored based on, at least in part, a weighting of individual characters that comprise the known character sequence.
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35 Claims
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21. A method comprising:
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receiving a spoken utterance of a plurality of uttered characters; determining an identified character sequence by determining corresponding identified characters for individual ones of the plurality of uttered characters; selecting a plurality of known character sequences that potentially correspond to the identified character sequence; and for each selected known character sequence, scoring such known character sequence, using a processor, based at least in part on a weighting of individual characters that comprise the known character sequence, wherein scoring the known character sequence comprises; responsive to determining that a character of the known character sequence matches a character of the identified character sequence, selecting a value that corresponds to the character of the known character sequence; and adding the selected value to a cumulative score associated with the known character sequence. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25)
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26. A method comprising:
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receiving a spoken utterance of a plurality of uttered characters; determining an identified character sequence by determining corresponding identified characters for individual ones of the plurality of uttered characters; selecting a plurality of known character sequences that potentially correspond to the identified character sequence; and for each selected known character sequence, scoring such known character sequence, using a processor, based at least in part on a weighting of individual characters that comprise the known character sequence, wherein scoring the known character sequence comprises; for each individual character of the known character sequence, weighting the individual character based on a unigram frequency with which the individual character is known to be uttered. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28, 29)
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30. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having computer-usable program code that, when executed, performs a method comprising:
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receiving a spoken utterance of a plurality of uttered characters; determining an identified character sequence by determining corresponding identified characters for individual ones of the plurality of uttered characters; selecting a plurality of known character sequences that potentially correspond to the identified character sequence; and for each selected known character sequence, scoring such known character sequence, based at least in part on a weighting of individual characters that comprise the known character sequence, wherein scoring the known character sequence comprises; responsive to determining that a character of the known character sequence matches a character of the identified character sequence, selecting a value that corresponds to the character of the known character sequence; and adding the selected value to a cumulative score associated with the known character sequence. - View Dependent Claims (31, 32, 33, 34, 35)
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