Patent ID: 6629071
Filing Date: 2003-09-30
Classification: G10L

Abstract:
A method of performing speech recognition to determine a particular alphabetic character, comprising the steps of:a) receiving acoustic spoken input comprising a single alphabetic character and a word associated with the single character such that the first character of said word is intended to be the same as said single alphabetic character; b) processing said acoustic input by using a large speech vocabulary recognition system to recognise said single alphabetic character and said word; c) determining the first character of said recognised word; d) comparing the recognised single alphabetic character with the determined first character of said recognised word; e) responsive to said recognised single alphabetic character being the same as said first character of the recognised word, accepting said character as the determined alphabetic character for the spoken input; and f) wherein responsive to only the single alphabetic character in said spoken input being recognised in said processing step, accepting said recognised single character as said determined alphabetic character.