Patents by Inventor Allan Gold
Allan Gold has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Patent number: 9858038Abstract: A method is described for user correction of speech recognition results. A speech recognition result for a given unknown speech input is displayed to a user. A user selection is received of a portion of the recognition result needing to be corrected. For each of multiple different recognition data sources, a ranked list of alternate recognition choices is determined which correspond to the selected portion. The alternate recognition choices are concatenated or interleaved together and duplicate choices removed to form a single ranked output list of alternate recognition choices, which is displayed to the user. The method may be adaptive over time to derive preferences that can then be leveraged in the ordering of one choice list or across choice lists.Type: GrantFiled: February 1, 2013Date of Patent: January 2, 2018Assignee: Nuance Communications, Inc.Inventors: Olivier Divay, Joev Dubach, Venkatesh Nagesha, Allan Gold
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Publication number: 20140223310Abstract: A method is described for user correction of speech recognition results. A speech recognition result for a given unknown speech input is displayed to a user. A user selection is received of a portion of the recognition result needing to be corrected. For each of multiple different recognition data sources, a ranked list of alternate recognition choices is determined which correspond to the selected portion. The alternate recognition choices are concatenated or interleaved together and duplicate choices removed to form a single ranked output list of alternate recognition choices, which is displayed to the user. The method may be adaptive over time to derive preferences that can then be leveraged in the ordering of one choice list or across choice lists.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 1, 2013Publication date: August 7, 2014Applicant: Nuance Communications, Inc.Inventors: Olivier Divay, Joev Dubach, Venkatesh Nagesha, Allan Gold
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Patent number: 7580838Abstract: Recognizing punctuation in computer-implemented speech recognition includes performing speech recognition on an utterance to produce a recognition result for the utterance. A non-verbalized punctuation mark is identified in a recognition result and the recognition result is formatted based on the identification.Type: GrantFiled: November 21, 2003Date of Patent: August 25, 2009Assignee: Scansoft, Inc.Inventors: Olivier Divay, Jonathan Watson, Allan Gold, Stijn Van Even
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Patent number: 7315818Abstract: New techniques and systems may be implemented to improve error correction in speech recognition. These new techniques and systems may be implemented to correct errors in speech recognition systems may be used in a standard desktop environment, in a mobile environment, or in any other type of environment that can receive and/or present recognized speech.Type: GrantFiled: May 11, 2005Date of Patent: January 1, 2008Assignee: Nuance Communications, Inc.Inventors: Daniell Stevens, Robert Roth, Joel M. Gould, Michael J. Newman, Dean Sturtevant, Charles E. Ingold, David Abrahams, Allan Gold
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Publication number: 20060095266Abstract: The invention relates to use of speech recognition on a computer network where users roam from one network location to another. A local workstation on the network includes a speech recognition application having a local user profile associated with an application user. The local user profile includes at least one synchronization file containing user-specific speech recognition data. A network file location remote from the local workstation contains a user master profile corresponding to the local user profile, including a copy of the local synchronization file.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 1, 2005Publication date: May 4, 2006Inventors: Megan McA'Nulty, Allan Gold, Stijn Van Even
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Publication number: 20050203751Abstract: New techniques and systems may be implemented to improve error correction in speech recognition. These new techniques and systems may be implemented to correct errors in speech recognition systems may be used in a standard desktop environment, in a mobile environment, or in any other type of environment that can receive and/or present recognized speech.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 11, 2005Publication date: September 15, 2005Inventors: Daniell Stevens, Robert Roth, Joel Gould, Michael Newman, Dean Sturtevant, Charles Ingold, David Abrahams, Allan Gold
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Patent number: 6912498Abstract: Correcting incorrect text associated with recognition errors in computer-implemented speech recognition includes receiving a selection of a word from a recognized utterance. The selection indicates a bound of a portion of the recognized utterance to be corrected. A first recognition correction is produced based on a comparison between a first alternative transcript and the recognized utterance. A second recognition correction is produced based on a comparison between a second alternative transcript and the recognized utterance. The duration of the first recognition correction differs from the duration of the second recognition correction. A portion of the recognition result that is replaced with one of the first recognition correction and the second recognition correction. includes at one bound a word indicated by the selection and extends for the duration of the one of the first recognition correction and the second recognition correction with which the portion is replaced.Type: GrantFiled: May 2, 2001Date of Patent: June 28, 2005Assignee: ScanSoft, Inc.Inventors: Daniell Stevens, Robert Roth, Joel M. Gould, Michael J. Newman, Dean Sturtevant, Charles E. Ingold, David Abrahams, Allan Gold
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Publication number: 20040138881Abstract: Recognizing punctuation in computer-implemented speech recognition includes performing speech recognition on an utterance to produce a recognition result for the utterance. A non-verbalized punctuation mark is identified in a recognition result and the recognition result is formatted based on the identification.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 21, 2003Publication date: July 15, 2004Inventors: Olivier Divay, Jonathan Watson, Allan Gold, Stijn Van Even
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Patent number: 6601027Abstract: An action position is manipulated in computer-implemented speech recognition by receiving data representing a spoken command. The command includes a command identifier (e.g., insert before, insert after, resume with) and a designation of at least one previously-spoken word. Speech recognition is performed on the data to identify the command identifier and the designation. Finally, an action position is established relative to the previously-spoken word based on the command identifier. Text may be selected using a spoken selection command that includes a command identifier and a text block identifier identifying a block of previously-recognized text. At least one word included in the block of text is not included in the text block identifier.Type: GrantFiled: June 15, 1998Date of Patent: July 29, 2003Assignee: ScanSoft, Inc.Inventors: Barton D. Wright, Joev Dubach, David W. Parmenter, Allan Gold, Jonathan Hood Young, Joel M. Gould
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Publication number: 20020138265Abstract: New techniques and systems may be implemented to improve error correction in speech recognition. These new techniques and systems may be implemented to correct errors in speech recognition systems may be used in a standard desktop environment, in a mobile environment, or in any other type of environment that can receive and/or present recognized speech.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 2, 2001Publication date: September 26, 2002Inventors: Daniell Stevens, Robert Roth, Joel M. Gould, Michael J. Newman, Dean Sturtevant, Charles E. Ingold, David Abrahams, Allan Gold
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Patent number: 6424943Abstract: A computer enrolls a user in a speech recognition system by obtaining data representing a user's speech, the speech including multiple user utterances and generally corresponding to an enrollment text, and analyzing acoustic content of data corresponding to a user utterance. The computer determines, based on the analysis, whether the user utterance matches a portion of the enrollment text. If so, the computer uses the acoustic content of the user utterance to update acoustic models corresponding to the portion of the enrollment text. The computer may determine that the user utterance matches a portion of the enrollment text even when the user has skipped or repeated words of the enrollment text.Type: GrantFiled: July 24, 2000Date of Patent: July 23, 2002Assignee: Scansoft, Inc.Inventors: Stefan Sherwood, David Wilsberg Parmenter, Joel M. Gould, Toffee A. Albina, Allan Gold
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Patent number: 6163768Abstract: A computer enrolls a user in a speech recognition system by obtaining data representing a user's speech, the speech including multiple user utterances and generally corresponding to an enrollment text, and analyzing acoustic content of data corresponding to a user utterance. The computer determines, based on the analysis, whether the user utterance matches a portion of the enrollment text. If so, the computer uses the acoustic content of the user utterance to update acoustic models corresponding to the portion of the enrollment text. The computer may determine that the user utterance matches a portion of the enrollment text even when the user has skipped or repeated words of the enrollment text.Type: GrantFiled: June 15, 1998Date of Patent: December 19, 2000Assignee: Dragon Systems, Inc.Inventors: Stefan Sherwood, David Wilsberg Parmenter, Joel M. Gould, Toffee A. Albina, Allan Gold