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Self-service terminal

  • US 7,194,414 B1
  • Filed: 11/03/1999
  • Issued: 03/20/2007
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/11/1998
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method of allowing a user of a self-service terminal to conduct an item dispensing transaction using spoken words without the user having to train the terminal to recognize the spoken words, the method comprising:

  • creating at least one audible item dispensing prompt which contains within the prompt itself at least one word which is provided by the terminal and which can be spoken by the user to instruct the terminal to dispense an item to the user;

    delivering the at least one audible prompt to the user;

    receiving at least one word spoken by the user after the at least one audible prompt is delivered to the user;

    determining if the at least one word received from the user corresponds to the at least one word provided by the terminal; and

    dispensing an item to the user when the at least one word received from the user corresponds to the at least one word provided by the terminal.

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