Speech-processing system and method
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1. A speech processing system comprising:
- a plurality of modules of respectively different types, said plurality of modules comprising a plurality of speech recognition modules for respectively different types of speech recognition and a plurality of speech output modules for respectively different types of speech output, each speech output module being capable of outputting oral speech, each of the speech recognition modules and each of the speech output modules being respectively constructed specifically for a different type of speech recognition or speech output; and
a selector supplied with an input signal containing information identifying a type needed to process said input signal, said type relating to type of speech recognition and said type of speech output needed to process said input signal, said selector being connected to said plurality of modules and routing said input signal to one of said modules while excluding said input signal from another of said modules, the selector routing said signal based on the type identified in said input signal for processing said input signal only in said one of said modules to which said input signal is routed.
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Abstract
A speech processing system has an arbitrary number of speech recognition modules (Ei, i=1 . . . n) and speech output modules (Aj, j−1 . . . m). The modules provided respectively for a particular type of speech recognition or, respectively, speech output are selected and activated and parameterized according to the situation of application, dependent on an input signal (ES), by a device (MA) for selecting the modules, so that the selected modules are applied for speech recognition or, respectively, speech output corresponding to their construction.
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1. A speech processing system comprising:
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a plurality of modules of respectively different types, said plurality of modules comprising a plurality of speech recognition modules for respectively different types of speech recognition and a plurality of speech output modules for respectively different types of speech output, each speech output module being capable of outputting oral speech, each of the speech recognition modules and each of the speech output modules being respectively constructed specifically for a different type of speech recognition or speech output; and a selector supplied with an input signal containing information identifying a type needed to process said input signal, said type relating to type of speech recognition and said type of speech output needed to process said input signal, said selector being connected to said plurality of modules and routing said input signal to one of said modules while excluding said input signal from another of said modules, the selector routing said signal based on the type identified in said input signal for processing said input signal only in said one of said modules to which said input signal is routed. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A speech processing method comprising:
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providing a plurality of modules of respectively different types including speech recognition modules for respectively different types of speech recognition and speech output modules for respectively different types of speech output, each of the speech recognition modules and each of the speech output modules being respectively constructed specifically for a different type of speech recognition or speech output; analyzing an input signal to be processed to identify a type of speech recognition and a type of speech output needed to communicate with a user; selecting one of the speech recognition modules and one of the speech output modules according to the analysis of the input signal; routing said input signal to one of said modules according to the analysis of the input signal; recognizing speech from the user using only the selected speech recognition module; and outputting speech to the user using only the selected speech output module such that two-way oral communication is performed with the user using the selected speech recognition module and the selected speech output module. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11)
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