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Method and apparatus for improved speech recognition with supplementary information

  • US 6,983,244 B2
  • Filed: 08/29/2003
  • Issued: 01/03/2006
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/29/2003
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for improving recognition results of a speech recognizer, comprising:

  • receiving input speech from a user;

    determining one or more candidate matches based on the input speech;

    generating a prompt to the user for supplementary information by assessing ambiguity that remains after said step of determining one or more candidate matches and tailoring said prompt to induce the user to supply additional information tending to resolve said ambiguity;

    receiving the supplementary data from the user as a response to said prompt; and

    selecting one of the one or more candidate matches based on the input speech and the supplementary data.

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