Patent ID: 7050550

Claim:
A method for the training or adaptation of a speech recognition device which is used to act upon functions of an electrical appliance, in which the following steps are provided: performance of a speech input; processing of the speech input by means of the speech recognition device; producing a speech recognition result; if the speech recognition result can be allocated to a function of the electrical appliance, action upon the allocatable function of the electrical appliance; training or adaptation of the speech recognition device on the basis of the speech recognition result associated with the speech input made, if the action upon the allocatable function of the electrical appliance does not cause a user input expressing rejection, characterized in that, if after a speech input a user input is made expressing the rejection of a speech recognition result and if, subsequently, a user input is made by means of another input method, it is provided that, taking into account the input made by means of the other input method, a reliability grade for the speech recognition result is determined and a training operation or adaptation of the speech recognition device performed, provided that the speech input and the user input made by means of the other input method represent the same word or word sequence.