Patents by Inventor Gary David Cook

Gary David Cook 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).

  • Combining re-speaking, partial agent transcription and ASR for improved accuracy / human guided ASR
    Patent number: 9117450
    Abstract: A speech transcription system is described for producing a representative transcription text from one or more different audio signals representing one or more different speakers participating in a speech session. A preliminary transcription module develops a preliminary transcription of the speech session using automatic speech recognition having a preliminary recognition accuracy performance. A speech selection module enables user selection of one or more portions of the preliminary transcription to receive higher accuracy transcription processing. A final transcription module is responsive to the user selection for developing a final transcription output for the speech session having a final recognition accuracy performance for the selected one or more portions which is higher than the preliminary recognition accuracy performance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2015
    Assignee: Nuance Communications, Inc.
    Inventors: Gary David Cook, William F. Ganong, III, Andrew Johnathon Daborn
  • Combining Re-Speaking, Partial Agent Transcription and ASR for Improved Accuracy / Human Guided ASR
    Publication number: 20140163981
    Abstract: A speech transcription system is described for producing a representative transcription text from one or more different audio signals representing one or more different speakers participating in a speech session. A preliminary transcription module develops a preliminary transcription of the speech session using automatic speech recognition having a preliminary recognition accuracy performance. A speech selection module enables user selection of one or more portions of the preliminary transcription to receive higher accuracy transcription processing. A final transcription module is responsive to the user selection for developing a final transcription output for the speech session having a final recognition accuracy performance for the selected one or more portions which is higher than the preliminary recognition accuracy performance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2012
    Publication date: June 12, 2014
    Applicant: NUANCE COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
    Inventors: Gary David Cook, William F. Ganong, III, Andrew Johnathon Daborn