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Method and apparatus for generating and displaying N-best alternatives in a speech recognition system

  • US 6,856,956 B2
  • Filed: 03/12/2001
  • Issued: 02/15/2005
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/20/2000
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method of generating alternatives to words indicative of recognized speech, recognized based on input speech data, comprising:

  • generating a reference path of recognized words based on the input speech data;

    receiving an operator selection input indicative of a selected portion of the recognized speech for which alternatives are to be generated;

    calculating boundary conditions for alternatives based on position bounds of a reference subpath corresponding to the selected portion of the recognized speech; and

    constructing from a hypothesis store, corresponding to the input speech data, alternate subpaths satisfying the boundary conditions.

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