International Business Machines Corporation

Hans Egger

James Robert Lewis

Kerry Alan Ortega

Huifang Wang

Ronald E Vanbuskirk

Arthur Keller

A transcription system ( ) includes a computer ( ), a monitor ( ), and a microphone ( ). Via the microphone, a user of the system provides input speech that is received and transcribed ( ) by the system. The system monitors ( ) the accuracy of the transcribed speech during transcription. The system also determines ( ) whether the accuracy of the transcribed speech is sufficient and, if not, automatically activates ( ) a speech recognition improvement tool and alerts ( ) the user that the tool has been activated.

Method and apparatus for improving speech recognition accuracy

A transcription system ( ) includes a computer ( ), a monitor ( ), and a microphone ( ). Via the microphone, a user of the system provides input speech that is received and transcribed ( ) by the system. The system monitors ( ) the accuracy of the transcribed speech during transcription. The system also determines ( ) whether the accuracy of the transcribed speech is sufficient and, if not, automatically activates ( ) a speech recognition improvement tool and alerts ( ) the user that the tool has been activated. This tool could also be manually activated ( ) by the user. The type of recognition problem is identified ( ) by the user or automatically by the system, and the system provides ( ) possible solution steps for enabling the user to adjust ( ) system parameters or modify user behavior in order to alleviate the recognition problem. The system also provides the user the ability to test ( ) the transcription process in order to determine whether the solution has improved the recognition accuracy.

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