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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 01, 2012
Filed:
Jul. 01, 2008
Masayuki Yamada, Kawasaki, JP;
Toshiaki Fukada, Yokohama, JP;
Yasuo Okutani, Kawasaki, JP;
Michio Aizawa, Yokohama, JP;
Masayuki Yamada, Kawasaki, JP;
Toshiaki Fukada, Yokohama, JP;
Yasuo Okutani, Kawasaki, JP;
Michio Aizawa, Yokohama, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A speech recognition apparatus which improves the sound quality of speech output as a speech recognition result is provided. The speech recognition apparatus includes a recognition unit, which recognizes speech based on a recognition dictionary, and a registration unit, which registers a dictionary entry of a new recognition word in the recognition dictionary. The recognition unit includes a generation unit, which generates a dictionary entry including speech of the new recognition word item and feature parameters of the speech, and a modification unit, which makes a modification for improving the sound quality of the speech included in the dictionary entry generated by the generation unit. The recognition unit includes a speech output unit, which outputs speech which is included in a dictionary entry corresponding to the recognition result of input speech, and is modified by the modification unit.