Patent Document ID: 6029124
Application ID: 09050428

Base Claim:
1. A method of evaluating a speech sample using a computer, the method comprising: receiving training data comprising samples of speech; storing the training data along with identification of speech elements to which portions of the training data are related; receiving a speech sample; performing speech recognition on the speech sample to produce recognition results; and evaluating the recognition results in view of the training data and the identification of the speech elements to which the portions of the training data are related, wherein: performing speech recognition on the speech sample comprises identifying portions of the speech sample to which different speech elements correspond; and evaluating the recognition results comprises comparing a portion of the speech sample identified as corresponding to a particular speech element to one or more portions of the training data identified as corresponding to the particular speech element.

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Claim 5:
5. The method of claim 1, wherein performing speech recognition on the speech sample to produce recognition results comprises producing speech sample recognition results and a speech sample time alignment, the speech sample recognition results including a sequence of speech elements and the speech sample time alignment identifying portions of the speech sample to which each speech element corresponds.