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Abstract

An adaptive speech recognition system is provided including an input for receiving a signal derived from a spoken utterance indicative of a certain vocabulary item, a speech recognition dictionary, a speech recognition unit and an adaptation module. The speech recognition dictionary has a plurality of vocabulary items each being associated to a respective dictionary transcription group. The speech recognition unit is in an operative relationship with the speech recognition dictionary and selects a certain vocabulary item from the speech recognition dictionary as being a likely match to the signal received at the input. The results of the speech recognition process are provided to the adaptation module. The adaptation module includes a transcriptions bank having a plurality of orthographic groups, each including a plurality of transcriptions associated with a common vocabulary item. A transcription selector module in the adaptation module retrieves a given orthographic group from the transcriptions bank on a basis of the vocabulary item recognized by the speech recognition unit. The transcription selector module processes the given orthographic group on the basis of the signal received at the input to select a certain transcription from the transcriptions bank. The adaptation module then modifies a dictionary transcription group corresponding to the vocabulary item selected as being a likely match to the signal received at the input on the basis of the selected certain transcription.

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