Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer programs are described which utilize the structure of syllables as an organizing element of automated speech recognition processing to overcome variations in pronunciation, to efficiently resolve confusable aspects, to exploit context, and to map the speech to orthography.

Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer programs are described which utilize the structure of syllables as an organizing element of automated speech recognition processing to overcome variations in pronunciation, to efficiently resolve confusable aspects, to exploit context, and to map the speech to orthography.

Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer programs are described which utilize the structure of syllables as an organizing element of automated speech recognition processing to overcome variations in pronunciation, to efficiently resolve confusable aspects, to exploit context, and to map the speech to orthography.

Abstract: A technique for organizing graphical objects in a graphics database that facilitates the rapid selection of one or more graphical objects on a computer display screen. Graphical objects are stored in the graphics database using a spatially organized data structure. The spacially organized data structure is formed by recursively subdividing the graphics space until each subspace contains no more than a predetermined number of graphical objects. The spacially organized database is ideally suited for spacial queries required to select, based on visual criteria, graphical objects appearing on a display screen. Graphical objects may be selected in response to a cursor moving about a display screen under programmer control, or in response to a system request to identify one or more objects spacially located in a given portion of the graphics space.