Patent ID: 7660715
Filing Date: 2010-02-09
Classification: G10L

Abstract:
1. A method to retrain an automatic speech recognition system, in which automatic speech recognition system a plurality of speech models is stored, the method comprising: (a) extracting, by the automatic speech recognition system, a first user utterance from a sampled first input voice stream received from a user in response to a query; (b) selecting, by the automatic speech recognition system and based on the first user utterance, a first speech model from among the plurality of speech models, the first speech model producing a first tentative recognition result corresponding to the first user utterance; (c) informing the user of the first tentative recognition result; (d) determining, by the automatic speech recognition system, from the user's response whether the first tentative recognition result was correct; (e) performing the following steps when the first tentative recognition result is not correct: