Sensory, Inc.

Fluent Speech Technologies, Inc.

Stephen Sutton

Pieter J Vermeulen

Robert E Savoie

Forrest S Mozer

Jonathan Shaw

Embodiments of the present invention improve methods of performing speech recognition. In one embodiment, the present invention includes a method comprising receiving a spoken utterance, processing the spoken utterance in a speech recognizer to generate a recognition result, determining consistencies of one or more parameters of component sounds of the spoken utterance, wherein the parameters are selected from the group consisting of duration, energy, and pitch, and wherein each component sound of the spoken utterance has a corresponding value of said parameter, and validating the recognition result based on the consistency of at least one of said parameters.

Reducing false positives in speech recognition systems

A speech recognition technique is described that has the dual benefits of not requiring collection of recordings for training while using computational resources that are cost-compatible with consumer electronic products. Methods are described for improving the recognition accuracy of a recognizer by developer interaction with a design tool that iterates the recognition data during development of a recognition set of utterances and that allows controlling and minimizing the computational resources required to implement the recognizer in hardware.

Method and apparatus of specifying and performing speech recognition operations

A method of producing synthetic visual speech according to this invention includes receiving an input containing speech information. One or more visemes that correspond to the speech input are then identified. Next, the weights of those visemes are calculated using a coarticulation engine including viseme deformability information. Finally, a synthetic visual speech output is produced based on the visemes' weights over time (or tracks). The synthetic visual speech output is combined with a synchronized audio output corresponding to the input to produce a multimedia output containing a 3D lipsyncing animation.

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