Wireless speech recognition
View Patent ↗A portable wireless-enabled system includes an input transducer (for example, a microphone), an output transducer (for example, a speaker) and a wireless transceiver system. Also included, is a memory having a programmable user speech profile. A processor system controls operation of the input transducer, the output transducer, the wireless transceiver system and the memory.
1. A portable wireless-enabled system comprising:
an input transducer;
a wireless transceiver system;
a memory having a programmable user-trained speech recognition (SR) profile; and
a processor system configured to control operation of the input transducer, the wireless transceiver system and the memory,
wherein the programmable user-trained SR profile is transferable to an external SR-enabled personal computer (PC), which carries out speech recognition functions using of the programmable user-trained SR-profile, and
wherein the memory further comprises synchronization software configured to carry out synchronization of the programmable user-trained SR profile with the SR-enabled PC, and
wherein the memory is non-volatile.
2. The system of claim 1 wherein the input transducer is a microphone.
3. The system of claim 1 and further comprising an output transducer.
4. The system of claim 3 wherein the output transducer is a speaker.
5. The system of claim 1 wherein the input transducer, the wireless transceiver system, the memory having the programmable user-trained SR profile and the processor system are a part of a headset.
6. The system of claim 5 wherein the headset further comprises a SR on/off button to enable/disable communication of speech signals from the headset to a SR application running on the SR-enabled PC.
7. The system of claim 1 wherein the input transducer, a first wireless transceiver of the wireless transceiver system and a first processor of the processor system are a part of a headset, and wherein a second wireless transceiver of the wireless transceiver system, the memory having the programmable user-trained SR profile and a second processor system of the processor system are a part of a wireless adapter.
8. The system of claim 7 wherein the wireless adapter is configured to plug into a computer port of the SR-enabled PC.
9. The system of claim 1 wherein the input transducer, a first wireless transceiver of the wireless transceiver system, the memory having the programmable user-trained SR profile and a first processor of the processor system are a part of a headset, and wherein a second wireless transceiver of the wireless transceiver system and a second processor of the processor system are a part of a wireless adapter.
10. The system of claim 9 wherein the wireless adapter is configured to plug into a computer port of the SR-enabled PC.
11. The system of claim 5 wherein the headset is configured to communicate with a non-wireless enabled PC via a wireless-enabled PC that is coupled the non- wireless enabled PC and wherein the SR-enabled PC is the non-wireless enabled PC.
12. The system of claim 5 wherein the headset is configured to communicate via a wireless communication link with multiple wireless-enabled PCs and wherein the SR-enabled PC is one of the multiple wireless-enabled PCs.
13. A wireless adapter comprising:
a wireless transceiver;
a memory having a programmable user-trained SR profile; and
a processor system configured to control the wireless transceiver and the memory,
wherein the programmable user-trained SR profile is transferable to an external SR-enabled PC, which carries out speech recognition functions using of the programmable user-trained SR-profile, and
wherein the memory further comprises synchronization software configured to carry out synchronization of the programmable user-trained SR profile with the SR-enabled PC, and
wherein the memory is non-volatile.
14. The adapter of claim 13 wherein the wireless transceiver is configured to receive speech signals from a headset via a wireless communication link.
15. The adapter of claim 13 and further comprising a connector configured to plug into a computer port of the SR-enabled PC.
16. The adapter of claim 13 wherein the processor is configured to transfer the programmable user-trained SR profile to the SR-enabled PC upon connection of the wireless adapter to the SR-enabled PC.
17. A headset comprising:
a memory having a programmable user-trained SR profile; and
a processor configured to control operation of the memory,
wherein the programmable user-trained SR profile is transferable to an external SR-enabled PC, which carries out speech recognition functions using of the programmable user-trained SR-profile, and
wherein the memory further comprises synchronization software configured to carry out synchronization of the programmable user-trained SR profile with the SR-enabled PC, and
wherein the memory is non-volatile.
18. The headset of claim 17 wherein the programmable user-trained SR profile in the memory can be accessed by the SR-enabled PC upon connection of the headset to the SR-enabled PC.