Aiding visual search in a list of learnable speech commands
First Claim
1. A method of aiding a visual search in a list of learnable speech commands by making less frequently-used commands more salient and more frequently-used commands less salient comprising:
- presenting a display list of commands to a user;
monitoring whether the user has uttered one of said commands;
measuring an evidentiary value related to the utterance of said uttered one of said commands, wherein said measuring comprises determining an initial time that a previous utterance uttered by the user ended, determining a succeeding time that the utterance of said uttered one of said commands started, and computing a time elapsed between the initial and succeeding times, said evidentiary value being the time elapsed between the initial and succeeding times, said evidentiary value being the time elapsed between the end of a previous utterance and the start of the utterance of said uttered one of said commands;
comparing the measured evidentiary value to a programmed value;
if the measured evidentiary value is less than the programmed value, decreasing a salience of the command; and
if the measured evidentiary value is equal to or greater than the programmed value, maintaining the salience of the command unchanged or increasing the salience of the command.
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Abstract
A method, a system, and an apparatus for aiding a visual search in a list of learnable speech commands. The present invention is capable of making less commonly-used commands more salient and more commonly-used commands less salient. The present invention takes measurements of user interactions with a speech recognition interface and uses the measurements to aid in determining whether a user has learned or memorized more commonly-used commands. These more commonly-used commands are made less salient such that the unlearned commands are easier to find, thereby reducing the visual search time needed by a user.
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1. A method of aiding a visual search in a list of learnable speech commands by making less frequently-used commands more salient and more frequently-used commands less salient comprising:
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presenting a display list of commands to a user; monitoring whether the user has uttered one of said commands; measuring an evidentiary value related to the utterance of said uttered one of said commands, wherein said measuring comprises determining an initial time that a previous utterance uttered by the user ended, determining a succeeding time that the utterance of said uttered one of said commands started, and computing a time elapsed between the initial and succeeding times, said evidentiary value being the time elapsed between the initial and succeeding times, said evidentiary value being the time elapsed between the end of a previous utterance and the start of the utterance of said uttered one of said commands; comparing the measured evidentiary value to a programmed value; if the measured evidentiary value is less than the programmed value, decreasing a salience of the command; and if the measured evidentiary value is equal to or greater than the programmed value, maintaining the salience of the command unchanged or increasing the salience of the command. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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Current AssigneeMicrosoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
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Original AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
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InventorsJacob, Michael, Fischer, Dominic, Lewis, James R.
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Primary Examiner(s)Hong; Stephen
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Assistant Examiner(s)Termanini; Samir
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Application NumberUS10/736,492Publication NumberTime in Patent Office1,961 DaysField of Search715/705, 715/825, 715/812, 715/707, 704/246, 704/231, 704/250US Class Current715/825CPC Class CodesG10L 15/26 Speech to text systems G10L...
