Patent ID: 7925510
Filing Date: 2011-04-12
Classification: G10L

Abstract:
1. A method for detecting speech utterances within a telephone call comprising the steps of: receiving a signal representing a telephone call received over a telephone network by a telephone gateway; initializing a componentized voice server having an internal speech detection module with a plurality of software-based speech detection routines and a Pluggable, configurable external speech detection component operationally located remotely from the voice server, wherein the external speech detection component is implemented as an electronic module plugged into a piece of equipment coupled in a signal path between the telephone network and the voice server; presenting through a user interface options for speech detection settings and receiving through the user interface user selections indicating speech detection parameters, wherein the speech detection parameters determine whether the internal speech detection module, the external speech detection component or both the internal speech detection module and the external speech detection component will be activated; when the received speech detection parameters indicate that the external speech detection component will be activated: when the received speech detection parameters indicate that both the internal speech detection module and the external speech detection component will be activated: when the received speech detection parameters indicate that the internal speech detection module will be activated: