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1. A method comprising:
- prompting a user to provide a type of business and an identifier of a specific business;
receiving from the user a speech input having information about the type of business and the identifier;
recognizing the type of business from the speech input;
selecting a speech recognition module based on the type of business recognized from the speech input; and
recognizing, using the speech recognition module executing on one or more processors, the identifier from the speech input.
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Abstract
A method of operating a voice-enabled business directory search system includes prompting a user to provide a type of business and an identifier of a specific business, receiving from the user a speech input having information about the type of business and the identifier, and recognizing, using a speech recognition module, the identifier based on the type of business.
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1. A method comprising:
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prompting a user to provide a type of business and an identifier of a specific business; receiving from the user a speech input having information about the type of business and the identifier; recognizing the type of business from the speech input; selecting a speech recognition module based on the type of business recognized from the speech input; and recognizing, using the speech recognition module executing on one or more processors, the identifier from the speech input. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method comprising:
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asking a user for a geographical location, a category, and a name of an entity; receiving a speech input from the user having information about the geographical location, the category, and the name of the entity; recognizing, using a speech recognition module executing on one or more processors, the geographical location and the category; selecting a name speech recognition module based on the geographical location and the category; and recognizing, using the selected name speech recognition module, the name. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13)
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14. A method comprising:
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receiving a geographical location and a type of business from a user; selecting a speech recognition module based on the geographical location and type of business; and recognizing, using the selected speech recognition module executing on one or more processors, a name of a specific business in a speech utterance of a user. - View Dependent Claims (15)
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16. An apparatus comprising:
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a voice-enabled user interface to output a voice prompt to request a user to provide a type of business and an identifier of a specific business, and receive from the user a speech input having information about the type of business and the identifier of the specific business; and a speech recognition engine to select a speech recognition module based on the information about the type of business and recognize the identifier of the specific business using the selected speech recognition module. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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24. An apparatus comprising:
a voice-enabled search system comprising; a voice-enabled user interface that outputs a voice prompt to request a user to provide a geographical location, a category, and a name of an entity, and receives from the user a speech input having information about the geographical location, the category, and the name of the entity; and a speech recognition engine to select a speech recognition module based on the geographical location and the category and recognize the name of the entity using the speech recognition model. - View Dependent Claims (25)
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26. An apparatus comprising:
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a voice-enabled user interface to receive a speech utterance of a user; and a speech recognition engine to select a speech recognition module based on a geographical location and a type of business provided by the user and to recognize an identifier of a specific business in the speech utterance using the selected speech recognition module. - View Dependent Claims (27)
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28. An apparatus comprising:
a voice-enabled business listing search system comprising; a speech user interface for prompting a user to provide a type of business and an identifier of a specific business and receiving a speech input from the user; and means for selecting a speech recognition module based on the type of business and recognizing the identifier of the specific business in the speech input using the selected speech recognition module. - View Dependent Claims (29, 30)
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31. An article comprising:
a storage device having stored thereon instructions that when executed by a machine results in the following; prompting a user to provide a type of business and an identifier of a specific business; receiving from the user a speech input having information about the type of business and the identifier; selecting a speech recognition module based on the type of business; and recognizing the identifier using the selected speech recognition module.
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