Techniques to normalize names efficiently for name-based speech recognition grammars

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-8990080-B2
Application number	US-201213359919-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 27, 2012
Priority date	Jan 27, 2012
Publication date	Mar 24, 2015
Grant date	Mar 24, 2015

Abstract

Techniques to normalize names for name-based speech recognition grammars are described. Some embodiments are particularly directed to techniques to normalize names for name-based speech recognition grammars more efficiently by caching, and on a per-culture basis. A technique may comprise receiving a name for normalization, during name processing for a name-based speech grammar generating process. A normalization cache may be examined to determine if the name is already in the cache in a normalized form. When the name is not already in the cache, the name may be normalized and added to the cache. When the name is in the cache, the normalization result may be retrieved and passed to the next processing step. Other embodiments are described and claimed.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A computer-implemented method, comprising:
receiving a name for normalization during a name-based speech grammar generation;
checking a normalization cache for the received name;
normalizing the received name and adding the normalization result to the normalization cache, when the received name is not in the normalization cache;
retrieving the normalization result from the normalization cache;
providing the normalization result to a next proces…

Assignees

• Varkey Mini
• Sana Bernardo
• Boctor Victor
• Carlomagno Diego
• Microsoft Corp

Inventors

• Varkey Mini
• Sana Bernardo
• Boctor Victor
• Carlomagno Diego

Classifications

• G10L15/19 Primary

  Physics · mapped topic