Voice input correction

• US 9,653,073 B2
• Filed: 11/26/2013
• Issued: 05/16/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 11/26/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Lenovo PC International Limited (Lenovo Group Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Lenovo Singapore Pte Limited (Lenovo Group Ltd.)
• Inventors: VanBlon, Russell Speight, Waltermann, Rod D., Beaumont, Suzanne Marion
• Primary Examiner(s): COLUCCI, MICHAEL C
• Application Number:
  US14/089,810
• Publication Number:
  US 20150149163A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,267 Days
• Field of Search: 704231, 704235, 704236, 704251, 704257, 704260, 704270, 704275, 704 9
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 15/08 Speech classification or search
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 15/22 Procedures used during a speech recognition process, e.g. man-machine dialogue

Abstract

An embodiment provides a method, including: accepting, at an audio receiver of an information handling device, voice input of a user; interpreting, using a processor, the voice input; thereafter receiving, at the audio receiver, repeated voice input of the user; identifying a correction using the repeated voice input; and correcting, using the processor, the voice input using the repeated voice input, wherein the corrective voice input does not include a predetermined voice command. Other aspects are described and claimed.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

accepting, at an audio receiver of an information handling device, voice input of a user;

interpreting, using a processor, the voice input;

thereafter receiving, at the audio receiver, partially repeated voice input of the user;

dynamically determining, based upon the partially repeated voice input, that a result of the interpreting of the voice input was incorrect;

identifying a correction for a result of the interpreting of the voice input based on the partially repeated voice input; and

correcting, using the processor, the result of the interpreting of the voice input using the partially repeated voice input, wherein the corrective voice input does not include a predetermined voice command.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising receiving the partially repeated voice input more than once.

3. The method of claim 2, further comprising refining the correction based additional repeated voice input.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the correcting comprises identifying in the partially repeated voice input an audio characteristic that differs from an audio characteristic of the voice input of the user.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the correcting further comprises analyzing the audio characteristic of the partially repeated voice input to determine a correction is needed.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the correcting further comprises analyzing the audio of the partially repeated voice input to determine the correction.

7. The method of claim 5, further comprising displaying an interpretation of the voice input to the user;

wherein the correcting takes place after the displaying.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising prompting the user for repeated voice input;

wherein the prompting takes place prior to receiving the partially repeated voice input.

9. The method of claim 1, further comprising prompting the user for additional repeated voice input after receiving the partially repeated voice input.

10. The method of claim 1, further comprising inputting corrected voice input to an underlying application running on the information handling device.

11. An information handling device, comprising:

an audio receiver;

a processor; and

a memory storing instructions that are executed by the processor to;

accept, at the audio receiver, voice input of a user;

interpret the voice input to generate an interpretation result;

thereafter receive partially repeated voice input of the user;

dynamically determine, based upon the partially repeated voice input, that a result of the interpreting of the voice input was incorrect;

identify a correction for the interpretation result based on the partially repeated voice input; and

correct the interpretation result of the voice input using the partially repeated voice input, wherein the corrective voice input does not include a predetermined voice command.

12. The information handling device of claim 11, wherein the instructions are further executed by the processor to receive the partially repeated voice input more than once.

13. The information handling device of claim 12, wherein the instructions are further executed by the processor to refine the correction based on additional repeated voice input.

14. The information handling device of claim 11, wherein the instructions executed by the processor to correct comprise instructions that identify in the partially repeated voice input an audio characteristic that differs from an audio characteristic of the voice input of the user.

15. The information handling device of claim 14, wherein the instructions executed by the processor to correct further comprise instructions that analyze the audio characteristic of the partially repeated voice input to determine a correction is needed.

16. The information handling device of claim 15, wherein the instructions executed by the processor to correct further comprise instructions that analyze the audio of the partially repeated voice input to determine the correction.

17. The information handling device of claim 15, wherein the instructions are further executed by the processor to display the interpretation result of the voice input to the user;

wherein the correction of the voice input takes place after the displaying.

18. The information handling device of claim 11, wherein the instructions are further executed by the processor to prompt the user for repeated voice input;

wherein the instructions to prompt the user for repeated voice input are executed by the processor prior to receiving the partially repeated voice input.

19. The information handling device of claim 11, wherein the instructions are further executed by the processor to prompt the user for additional repeated voice input after receiving the partially repeated voice input.

20. A product, comprising:

a device readable storage device having device readable code stored therewith, the device readable code being executable by a processor and comprising;

code that accepts, at an audio receiver of an information handling device, voice input of a user;

code that interprets, using a processor, the voice input to generate an interpretation result;

code that thereafter receives, at the audio receiver, partially repeated voice input of the user;

code that dynamically determines, based upon the partially repeated voice input, that a result of the voice input interpretation was incorrect;

code that identifies a correction for the interpretation result based on the partially repeated voice input; and

code that corrects, using the processor, the interpretation result of the voice input using the partially repeated voice input, wherein the corrective voice input does not include a predetermined voice command.