Abstract: Provided herein are a multi-microphone system and method including a controller, a plurality of transducers each operable within a unique sensitivity range, and corresponding microphone units. The controller receives a sound signal output from a first microphone unit that corresponds to a microphone unit having a transducer with the highest sensitivity. The controller analyzes the sound signal output to identify a first parameter of the sound signal output and determines if the first parameter satisfies pre-defined criteria. In an instance in which the first parameter satisfies the pre-defined criteria, the controller outputs the sound signal output of the selected first microphone unit as the output of the multi-microphone system. Otherwise, the controller receives a sound signal output from a second microphone unit comprising a corresponding transducer with a sensitivity less than the first microphone unit but greater than remaining transducers.

Abstract: Provided herein are a multi-microphone system and method including a controller, a plurality of transducers each operable within a unique sensitivity range, and corresponding microphone units. The controller receives a sound signal output from a first microphone unit that corresponds to a microphone unit having a transducer with the highest sensitivity. The controller analyzes the sound signal output to identify a first parameter of the sound signal output and determines if the first parameter satisfies pre-defined criteria. In an instance in which the first parameter satisfies the pre-defined criteria, the controller outputs the sound signal output of the selected first microphone unit as the output of the multi-microphone system. Otherwise, the controller receives a sound signal output from a second microphone unit comprising a corresponding transducer with a sensitivity less than the first microphone unit but greater than remaining transducers.

Abstract: A portable terminal has a network interface that receives a set of instructions having a sequence of at least one location and audio properties associated with the at least one location from a server. An audio circuit receives audio signals picked up by a microphone and processes the audio signals in a manner defined by the audio properties associated with the at least one location. A speech recognition module receives processed signals from the audio circuit and carries out a speech recognition process thereupon.

Abstract: A portable terminal has a network interface that receives a set of instructions having a sequence of at least one location and audio properties associated with the at least one location from a server. An audio circuit receives audio signals picked up by a microphone and processes the audio signals in a manner defined by the audio properties associated with the at least one location. A speech recognition module receives processed signals from the audio circuit and carries out a speech recognition process thereupon.

Abstract: Embodiments of the invention address the deficiencies of the prior art by providing a method, apparatus, and program product to cooperatively mediate between voice-enabled operations and business logic. The method comprises receiving XML data and generating at least one object from the XML data. The method further comprises, in response to determining that the at least one object has been called, implementing an operation defined by a portion of the object.

Abstract: A headset for communication with a device is configured for processing audio signals captured by the headset to detect user speech and transmitting, to the device, sampled representations of the captured audio signals generally only when user speech is detected.

Abstract: Dialog manager and methods for integrating multi-modal data capture device inputs or speech recognition inputs with speech output capabilities. A work flow description is extracted from objects in a graphical user interface and a multi-modal user interface is defined. A dialog engine synchronizes the flow of information, in accordance with the work flow description, between input/output devices and an application. The prompts for inputting data, which are output via a plurality of peripheral devices, are controlled in an intelligent manner by the dialog engine based on the input state of the peripheral devices. Functionality such as barge-in, prompt-holdoff, priority prompts, and talk-ahead is provided.

Abstract: A dialog engine includes methods for integrating multi-modal data capture device inputs with multimodal output capabilities in which a work flow description is extracted from objects in a graphical user interface and a multi-modal user interface is defined. The dialog engine synchronizes the flow of information, in accordance with the work flow description, between input/output devices and an application.

Abstract: The method of the present invention is comprised of the steps of locating an error within a recognition hypothesis. A repair hypothesis is generated for the located error from a secondary input signal. At least a portion of the recognition hypothesis is correlated with the repair hypothesis to produce a new hypothesis for the located error. The located error is replaced with the new hypothesis. It has been determined that when the primary and secondary input signals are cross-modal, the chances that the error will be repeated are so low that the correlation step becomes optional.