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Extensible speech recognition system that provides a user with audio feedback

  • US 5,933,804 A
  • Filed: 04/10/1997
  • Issued: 08/03/1999
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/10/1997
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. In a computer-implemented speech recognition system that recognizes speech input from a speaker and that includes an audio output device, a method comprising the computer-implemented steps of:

  • providing a text-to-speech mechanism for creating a spoken version of text;

    for a given word of text, using the text-to-speech mechanism to generate a spoken version of the given word;

    outputting the spoken version of the given word on the audio output device so that a user of the speech recognition system knows how the speech recognition system expects the given word to be pronounced; and

    providing a user interface element for a user to request a different pronunciation of the given word and wherein the spoken version of the given word is output in response to the user requesting the different pronunciation of the given word via the user interface element.

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