Patent ID: 9202466
Filing Date: 2015-12-01
Classification: G10L

Abstract:
1. A method for analyzing speech in a spoken dialog system, comprising the steps of: accepting an utterance by at least one means for accepting acoustical signals, in particular a microphone, analyzing, by a computer processor, the utterance and obtaining prosodic cues from the utterance using at least one processing engine, wherein the utterance is evaluated based on the prosodic cues to determine a prominence of parts of the utterance, and wherein the utterance is analyzed to detect at least one marker feature indicative of the utterance containing at least one part to replace at least one part in a previous utterance, the part to be replaced in the previous utterance being determined based on the prominence determined for the parts of the previous utterance and the replacement parts being determined based on the prominence of the parts in the utterance, and wherein the previous utterance is evaluated with the replacement part(s).