Patent ID: 6718303
Filing Date: 2004-04-06
Classification: G10L

Abstract:
An apparatus for automatically generating punctuation marks in a continuous speech recognition system, comprising means for recognizing user speech and converting said user speech into words,said means for recognizing user speech further recognizing pseudo noises in said user speech; and said apparatus further comprising: means for marking pseudo noises in output results of said means for recognizing user speech; and means for generating punctuation marks by finding most likely pseudo punctuation marks at locations of pseudo noises marked by means for marking pseudo noises based on a language model containing pseudo punctuation marks, said means for generating punctuation marks comprising: means for calculating probability for each pseudo punctuation mark in a language model containing pseudo punctuation marks that said pseudo punctuation mark would occur in said output results of said means for recognizing user speech; means for calculating probabilities that particular pseudo noises will occur at locations of particular pseudo punctuation marks; and means for finding most likely pseudo punctuation marks at locations of said pseudo noises marked by said means for marking pseudo noises based on said probabilities calculated, and generating punctuation marks corresponding to said most likely pseudo punctuation marks.