Patent ID: 7689424
Filing Date: 2010-03-30
Classification: G10L

Abstract:
1. A distributed speech recognition method, comprising at least one user terminal and at least one server, capable of communicating with one another via a telecommunications network, wherein, at the user terminal, at least the following steps are performed: obtain an audio signal to be recognized; calculate modeling parameters for the audio signal to be recognized; attempt to associate a stored form with the modeling parameters; and independently of the step for attempting to associate a stored form, select a signal from at least the audio signal to be recognized and a signal indicating the modeling parameters, as a function of criteria relating to loading issues of the various processing means at the level of the terminal and of the server, and/or as a function of criteria relating to the availability of voice or data transmission channels; sending the selected signal to the server; and wherein, at the server, at least the following steps are performed: receive the signal transmitted by the user terminal; and attempt to associate a stored form with the received signal.