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Voice activated device and method for providing access to remotely retrieved data

  • US 5,752,232 A
  • Filed: 11/14/1994
  • Issued: 05/12/1998
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/14/1994
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A voice activated device comprising:

  • a microprocessor programmed to control establishment of a phone connection to a remote central office by dialing a telephone number assigned to the remote central office, so as to receive, from said remote central office, speaker independent phonetic spellings of words associated with specified applications, and additional application data associated with said specified applications;

    means for establishing said phone connection to the remote central office;

    memory for storing said phonetic spellings and said additional application data;

    a speech recognition unit which employs the speaker independent phonetic spelling in recognizing voice commands;

    a phonetic acoustic models database; and

    means for communicating, in response to a voice command of a user of said device, an appropriate portion of said additional application data to the user of said device.

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