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Kiosk for multiple spoken languages

  • US 6,061,646 A
  • Filed: 12/18/1997
  • Issued: 05/09/2000
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/18/1997
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method for providing information in response to a question in one of a plurality of natural spoken languages, comprising the steps of:

  • recognizing a detected utterance with a speech recognition engine equipped with a plurality of small dictionaries each for respective one of the plurality of languages, each small dictionary including speech data for a selected few common words in the respective language;

    selecting one of the plurality of languages as the language of the detected utterance based on a number of recognized words for each language from the small dictionaries;

    recognizing the detected utterance using a large dictionary for the language of the detected utterance; and

    responding to the user in the selected language.

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