Patent ID: 8909512

Claim:
A computer-implemented method comprising: receiving multiple, partial incremental speech recognition hypotheses that are each output by an incremental speech recognizer as top partial incremental speech recognition hypothesis at a different point in time; identifying a segment that occurs in a particular one of the multiple, partial incremental speech recognition hypotheses; determining a quantity of consecutive, partial incremental speech recognition hypotheses that (i) are output by the incremental speech recognizer as the top partial incremental speech recognition hypotheses at different points in time immediately after the one particular partial incremental speech recognition hypothesis is output, and (ii) include the segment; and assigning, by one or more computers, a stability metric to the segment based on the quantity of consecutive, partial incremental speech recognition hypotheses that (i) are output by the incremental speech recognizer as the top partial incremental speech recognition hypotheses at different points in time immediately after the one particular partial incremental speech recognition hypothesis is output, and (ii) include the segment.