Patent ID: 6604075
Filing Date: 2003-08-05
Classification: G10L,H04M

Abstract:
An apparatus for implementing a web-based voice dialog interface, the apparatus comprising:a first interpreter for receiving information relating to one or more web pages, the first interpreter generating a rendering of at least a portion of the information for presentation to a user in an audibly-perceptible format; a grammar processing device having an input coupled to an output of the first interpreter, the grammar processing device utilizing interpreted web page information received from the first interpreter to generate syntax information and semantic information; a speech recognizer which processes user speech in accordance with the syntax information generated by the grammar processing device; and a second interpreter having an input coupled to an output of the speech recognizer, the second interpreter processing recognized speech in accordance with the semantics information from the grammar processing device to generate output for delivery to a web server in conjunction with a dialog which includes at least a portion of the rendering and the user speech.