ZA200307267B - Natural language query system for accessing an information system. - Google Patents

Natural language query system for accessing an information system. Download PDF

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ZA200307267B
ZA200307267B ZA200307267A ZA200307267A ZA200307267B ZA 200307267 B ZA200307267 B ZA 200307267B ZA 200307267 A ZA200307267 A ZA 200307267A ZA 200307267 A ZA200307267 A ZA 200307267A ZA 200307267 B ZA200307267 B ZA 200307267B
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Francois Leger
Aart Den Ouden
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    • G10L—SPEECH ANALYSIS TECHNIQUES OR SPEECH SYNTHESIS; SPEECH RECOGNITION; SPEECH OR VOICE PROCESSING TECHNIQUES; SPEECH OR AUDIO CODING OR DECODING
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    • G06F16/245—Query processing
    • G06F16/2452—Query translation
    • G06F16/24522—Translation of natural language queries to structured queries
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    • G06F16/9032—Query formulation
    • G06F16/90332—Natural language query formulation or dialogue systems
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    • G10—MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; ACOUSTICS
    • G10L—SPEECH ANALYSIS TECHNIQUES OR SPEECH SYNTHESIS; SPEECH RECOGNITION; SPEECH OR VOICE PROCESSING TECHNIQUES; 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
    • G10L15/183—Speech classification or search using natural language modelling using context dependencies, e.g. language models
    • G10L15/19—Grammatical context, e.g. disambiguation of the recognition hypotheses based on word sequence rules
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    • G10L—SPEECH ANALYSIS TECHNIQUES OR SPEECH SYNTHESIS; SPEECH RECOGNITION; SPEECH OR VOICE PROCESSING TECHNIQUES; SPEECH OR AUDIO CODING OR DECODING
    • G10L15/00—Speech recognition
    • G10L15/22—Procedures used during a speech recognition process, e.g. man-machine dialogue
    • G10L2015/226—Procedures used during a speech recognition process, e.g. man-machine dialogue using non-speech characteristics
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