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Method and device of matching speech input to text

  • US 9,437,192 B2
  • Filed: 01/24/2014
  • Issued: 09/06/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/21/2013
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of matching speech to a contact name in a user'"'"'s list of contacts, comprising:

  • at a device having one or more processors and memory;

    storing the list of the user'"'"'s contacts in the memory, wherein the list of the user'"'"'s contacts includes a first contact;

    receiving input speech information;

    obtaining initial text corresponding to the input speech information and standard pinyin of the initial text;

    generating at least one approximate pinyin for the initial text based on predetermined pronunciation similarity information, wherein the pronunciation similarity information identifies non-standard pronunciations based on regional dialects;

    from a preset mapping relationship table stored in the memory, obtaining alternative text corresponding to the approximate pinyin of the initial text, wherein;

    the preset mapping relationship table includes a record for each word in a word database, the record including standard pinyin and approximate pinyin for the word, and a mapping relation between the standard pinyin, approximate pinyin, and the word; and

    the alternative text includes one or more words whose standard pinyin or approximate pinyin map, in the preset mapping relationship table, to the approximate pinyin of the initial text;

    matching the alternative text to the first contact; and

    performing an operation using the first contact.

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