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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 12, 2016
Filed:
Jan. 23, 2014
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
William S. Carter, Round Rock, TX (US);
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A method, system, and computer program product for adaptive pause detection in speech recognition are provided in the illustrative embodiments. A speech stream comprising audio signal of a speech is received. A first point in the speech stream is marked with a beginning time stamp. After the first point, a pause is detected in the speech stream. The pause is of a duration at least equal to a pause duration threshold. A second point after the pause in the speech stream is marked with an ending time stamp. A portion of the speech stream between the beginning and the ending time stamps forms a first speech segment. A speech rate of the first speech segment is computed using a number of words in the first speech segment, the beginning time stamp, and the ending time stamp. The pause duration is adjusted according to the first speech segment's speech rate.