Speech recognition system
A speech recognition system receives digital data. The system determines whether a memory contains some or all of the digital data. When some or all of the digital data does not exist in the memory, the system generates a transcription of the missing parts and stores the missing portion and a corresponding transcription in the memory.
1 . A method of generating a speech recognizer vocabulary, comprising:
receiving digital data;
searching the digital data automatically in a predetermined dictionary; and
transcribing the digital data phonetically when the dictionary does not contain a matching entry,
where the dictionary comprises a phonetic transcription for each entry.
2 . The method of claim 1 , where the act of searching the digital data comprises decomposing the digital data into a data fragment according to one or more predetermined categories and performing a comparison with data stored in the dictionary.
3 . The method of claim 2 , where the act of decomposing the digital data into a data fragment comprises separating the digital data into a component comprising letters.
4 . The method of claim 2 , where the act of decomposing the digital data into a data fragment comprises separating the digital data into a component comprising numbers.
5 . The method of claim 2 , where the act of decomposing the digital data into a data fragment comprises separating the digital data into a component comprising special characters.
6 . The method of claim 1 , where the act of transcribing the digital data phonetically comprises determining according to a predetermined criterion whether to phonetically transcribe a part of the received digital data in spelled form, in pronounced form, or in a combination of spelled and pronounced form.
7 . The method of claim 1 , where the act of transcribing the digital data phonetically comprises storing in a memory the data fragment in spelled form when the data fragment consists of only consonants.
8 . The method of claim 1 , where the act of receiving digital data comprises receiving digital data through a wireless protocol.
9 . The method of claim 1 , where the act of receiving digital data is in response to a request for digital data.
10 . The method of claim 1 , where the digital data comprises a name.
11 . The method of claim 1 , where the dictionary further comprises a synonym for at least one dictionary entry.
12 . A signal-bearing medium having software that generates a speech recognizer vocabulary in response to receiving digital data, comprising:
to searching for the digital data in an electronic dictionary; and
transcribing the digital data phonetically when the dictionary does not contain a matching entry.
13 . A speech recognition system, comprising:
a speech recognizer that recognizes speech input;
an interface configured to receive digital data;
a memory configured to store one or more digital data entries and a corresponding phonetic data
means for searching the memory to determine if a received digital data exists in the memory;
means for transcribing the received digital data phonetically when the received digital data is not present in the memory.
14 . The speech recognition system of claim 13 , where the means for searching is configured to decompose the digital data into data fragments according to predetermined categories and to search the memory for a corresponding entry.
15 . The speech recognition system of claim 14 , where the means for searching is configured to decompose the digital data into data fragments consisting of letters.
16 . The speech recognition system of claim 14 , where the means for searching is configured to decompose the digital data into fragments consisting of numbers.
17 . The speech recognition system of claim 14 , where the means for searching is configured to decompose the digital data into fragments consisting of special characters.
18 . The speech recognition system of claim 13 , where the means for transcribing the received digital data phonetically is configured to determine according to a predetermined criterion whether to transcribe a part of the received digital data in spelled form, in pronounced form, or a combination of spelled and pronounced form.
19 . The speech recognition system of claim 18 , where the means for transcribing the received digital data phonetically is configured to transcribe in spelled form each letter of a part of the received digital data solely consisting of consonants.
20 . The speech recognition system of claim 13 , where the interface is configured to automatically request digital data.
21 . The speech recognition system of claim 13 , where the interface is configure to upload digital data from a name database.
22 . The speech recognition system of claim 13 , where the dictionary further comprises an abbreviation for at least one memory entry.