VOICE AUTHENTICATION AND SPEECH RECOGNITION SYSTEM AND METHOD
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1. A method for configuring a speech recognition system, the method comprising:
- identifying a user;
selecting a training speech sample provided by the user, the training speech sample being associated with an emotional state of the user;
processing a selected unit of speech from the training speech sample to generate a corresponding acoustic model;
training a personalised acoustic model associated with the determined emotional state using the generated acoustic model, the personalised acoustic model being stored in an acoustic model store specific to the user;
accessing the personalised acoustic model store to determine an emotional state of the user during a subsequent speech recognition process.
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Abstract
A method for configuring a speech recognition system comprises obtaining a speech sample utilised by a voice authentication system in a voice authentication process. The speech sample is processed to generate acoustic models for units of speech associated with the speech sample. The acoustic models are stored for subsequent use by the speech recognition system as part of a speech recognition process.
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1. A method for configuring a speech recognition system, the method comprising:
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identifying a user; selecting a training speech sample provided by the user, the training speech sample being associated with an emotional state of the user; processing a selected unit of speech from the training speech sample to generate a corresponding acoustic model; training a personalised acoustic model associated with the determined emotional state using the generated acoustic model, the personalised acoustic model being stored in an acoustic model store specific to the user; accessing the personalised acoustic model store to determine an emotional state of the user during a subsequent speech recognition process. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method for configuring a speech recognition system, the method comprising:
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identifying a user; selecting a training speech sample provided by the user, the training speech sample being associated with an emotional state of the user; processing the training speech sample to determine one or more phonemes or words therein; training a personalised grammar model associated with the determined emotional state utilising the determined phonemes or words, the personalised grammar model being stored in a model store specific to the user; accessing the personalised grammar model store to determine an emotional state of the user during a subsequent speech recognition process.
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