WO2001018788A3 - Method for determining end of a sentence in automatic voice processing - Google Patents

Method for determining end of a sentence in automatic voice processing Download PDF

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WO2001018788A3
WO2001018788A3 PCT/DE2000/002979 DE0002979W WO0118788A3 WO 2001018788 A3 WO2001018788 A3 WO 2001018788A3 DE 0002979 W DE0002979 W DE 0002979W WO 0118788 A3 WO0118788 A3 WO 0118788A3
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Horst-Udo Hain
Martin Holzapfel
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Siemens Ag
Hain Horst Udo
Martin Holzapfel
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    • G10—MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; ACOUSTICS
    • G10L—SPEECH ANALYSIS OR SYNTHESIS; SPEECH RECOGNITION; SPEECH OR VOICE PROCESSING; SPEECH OR AUDIO CODING OR DECODING
    • G10L15/00—Speech recognition
    • G10L15/08—Speech classification or search
    • G10L15/18—Speech classification or search using natural language modelling
    • G10L15/1822—Parsing for meaning understanding

Abstract

According to the invention, a text which is subdivided into lexical units is processed in such a way that the individual units are classified into predetermined linguistic categories, whereby ambiguous units are disambiguated in a separate stage and final determination of the ends of sentences is based on linguistic categories.
PCT/DE2000/002979 1999-09-03 2000-08-31 Method for determining end of a sentence in automatic voice processing WO2001018788A2 (en)

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