Adaptive pause detection in speech recognition

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9311932
APP PUB NO 20150206544A1
SERIAL NO

14162204

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A method, system, and computer program product for adaptive pause detection in speech recognition are provided in the illustrative embodiments. A speech stream comprising audio signal of a speech is received. A first point in the speech stream is marked with a beginning time stamp. After the first point, a pause is detected in the speech stream. The pause is of a duration at least equal to a pause duration threshold. A second point after the pause in the speech stream is marked with an ending time stamp. A portion of the speech stream between the beginning and the ending time stamps forms a first speech segment. A speech rate of the first speech segment is computed using a number of words in the first speech segment, the beginning time stamp, and the ending time stamp. The pause duration is adjusted according to the first speech segment's speech rate.

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  • INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION

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Carter, William S Round Rock, US 23 2115

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