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PROSODIC AND LEXICAL ADDRESSEE DETECTION

  • US 20140214421A1
  • Filed: 01/31/2013
  • Published: 07/31/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/31/2013
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for addressee detection, comprising:

  • receiving an utterance;

    extracting prosodic features directly from a spoken signal corresponding to the utterance;

    determining patterns of the prosodic features that characterize a speaking style of the utterance as either a human-computer (H-C) or a human-human (H-H) style, indicating whether speech is directed to a computer or another human;

    characterizing a degree to which a new utterance conforms to the H-C or H-H styles; and

    using the new utterance according to the characterization of the speaking style.

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