Patent ID: 6208964
Filing Date: 2001-03-27
Classification: G10L

Abstract:
A method for adapting the transcription content of a speech recognition dictionary, the speech recognition dictionary including a plurality of dictionary transcription groups, each dictionary transcription group being associated to a respective word, said method comprising:a) providing a computer readable storage medium containing a transcriptions bank, said transcriptions bank comprising a plurality of orthographic groups, each orthographic group including a plurality of transcriptions associated with a common word, each orthographic group being associated with a respective label data element allowing to extract the orthographic group on the basis of the label data element, each orthographic group in the transcriptions bank corresponding to a respective dictionary transcription group;b) receiving a signal derived from a spoken utterance indicative of a certain word;c) receiving a label element from a speech recognizer processing said signal indicative of the certain word;d) retrieving from the transcriptions bank an orthographic group corresponding to the certain word on a basis of said label element;e) processing said signal to select a certain transcription from said orthographic group retrieved in d), said certain transcription being a most likely match to the spoken utterance conveyed by the signal;f) entering the certain transcription in a given dictionary transcription group, said given dictionary transcription group corresponding to the certain word selected from the speech recognition dictionary as being the most likely match to the spoken utterance conveyed by the signal received at the input.