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Evaluating pronouns in context

  • US 8,606,568 B1
  • Filed: 10/23/2012
  • Issued: 12/10/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/10/2012
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A computer-implemented method comprising:

  • receiving, by a speech recognition engine, data indicating a selection of a control for initiating speech recognition that is presented by a referring application;

    receiving, by a speech recognition engine, audio data that encodes an utterance;

    determining, by the speech recognition engine, that a transcription of the utterance includes one or more keywords associated with a command, and a pronoun;

    transmitting, from the speech recognition engine to the referring application, a disambiguation request, wherein the disambiguation request identifies the pronoun;

    receiving, by the speech recognition engine, a response to the disambiguation request from the referring application, wherein the response references an item of content identified by the application; and

    generating, by the speech recognition engine, the command using the keywords and the response.

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