Patent ID: 6832189
Filing Date: 2004-12-14
Classification: G10L

Abstract:
A method of training one or more local Automatic Speech Recognition (ASR) systems, said method being performed on a computing device having at least one connection to a network, the method comprising the steps of:receiving a request for training of said local ASR system; identifying a user of said local ASR system and determining said user's profile; allocating at least one of a plurality of stenographers of a remote ASR system having at least one connection to the network, said plurality of stenographers using computing devices having at least one connection to the network; transcribing identified user's speech into a second transcribed text by said allocated stenographers, said identified user's speech being simultaneously transcribed by the local ASR system into a first transcribed text; providing the second transcribed text in time alignment with the first transcribed text to the identified user of the local ASR system; and training, using the aligned second transcribed text, the local ASR system, wherein said providing and training steps are performed simultaneously.