Method and apparatus for discovering trending terms in speech requests

    公开(公告)号:US10431204B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-10-01

    申请号:US15803584

    申请日:2017-11-03

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    Abstract: Systems and processes are disclosed for discovering trending terms in automatic speech recognition. Candidate terms (e.g., words, phrases, etc.) not yet found in a speech recognizer vocabulary or having low language model probability can be identified based on trending usage in a variety of electronic data sources (e.g., social network feeds, news sources, search queries, etc.). When candidate terms are identified, archives of live or recent speech traffic can be searched to determine whether users are uttering the candidate terms in dictation or speech requests. Such searching can be done using open vocabulary spoken term detection to find phonetic matches in the audio archives. As the candidate terms are found in the speech traffic, notifications can be generated that identify the candidate terms, provide relevant usage statistics, identify the context in which the terms are used, and the like.

    User-specific acoustic models
    2.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US10410637B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-09-10

    申请号:US15713276

    申请日:2017-09-22

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    Abstract: Systems and processes for providing user-specific acoustic models are provided. In accordance with one example, a method includes, at an electronic device having one or more processors, receiving a plurality of speech inputs, each of the speech inputs associated with a same user of the electronic device; providing each of the plurality of speech inputs to a user-independent acoustic model, the user-independent acoustic model providing a plurality of speech results based on the plurality of speech inputs; initiating a user-specific acoustic model on the electronic device; and adjusting the user-specific acoustic model based on the plurality of speech inputs and the plurality of speech results.

    User interface for correcting recognition errors

    公开(公告)号:US10332518B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-06-25

    申请号:US15677886

    申请日:2017-08-15

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    Abstract: Speech recognition is performed on a received utterance to determine a plurality of candidate text representations of the utterance, including a primary text representation and one or more alternative text representations. Natural language processing is performed on the primary text representation to determine a plurality of candidate actionable intents, including a primary actionable intent and one or more alternative actionable intents. A result is determined based on the primary actionable intent. The result is provided to the user. A recognition correction trigger is detected. In response to detecting the recognition correction trigger, a set of alternative intent affordances and a set of alternative text affordances are concurrently displayed.

    Automatic accent detection using acoustic models

    公开(公告)号:US10255907B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-04-09

    申请号:US14846650

    申请日:2015-09-04

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    Abstract: Systems and processes for automatic accent detection are provided. In accordance with one example, a method includes, at an electronic device with one or more processors and memory, receiving a user input, determining a first similarity between a representation of the user input and a first acoustic model of a plurality of acoustic models, and determining a second similarity between the representation of the user input and a second acoustic model of the plurality of acoustic models. The method further includes determining whether the first similarity is greater than the second similarity. In accordance with a determination that the first similarity is greater than the second similarity, the first acoustic model may be selected; and in accordance with a determination that the first similarity is not greater than the second similarity, the second acoustic model may be selected.

    Offline personal assistant
    7.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US10755703B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-08-25

    申请号:US15713503

    申请日:2017-09-22

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    Abstract: Systems and processes for performing a task with a digital assistant are provided. In accordance with one example, a method includes, at an electronic device having one or more processors, receiving a natural-language input; determining, based on the natural-language input, a first task and first usefulness score associated with the first task; receiving, from another electronic device, a second task and second usefulness score associated with the second task; determining whether the first usefulness score is higher than the second usefulness score; in accordance with a determination that the first usefulness score is higher than the second usefulness score: performing the first task determined by the electronic device; and providing an output indicating whether the first task has been performed; and in accordance with a determination that the second usefulness score is higher than the first usefulness score: performing the second task received from the another electronic device; and providing an output indicating whether the second task has been performed.

    User interface for correcting recognition errors

    公开(公告)号:US10741181B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-08-11

    申请号:US16412137

    申请日:2019-05-14

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    Abstract: Speech recognition is performed on a received utterance to determine a plurality of candidate text representations of the utterance, including a primary text representation and one or more alternative text representations. Natural language processing is performed on the primary text representation to determine a plurality of candidate actionable intents, including a primary actionable intent and one or more alternative actionable intents. A result is determined based on the primary actionable intent. The result is provided to the user. A recognition correction trigger is detected. In response to detecting the recognition correction trigger, a set of alternative intent affordances and a set of alternative text affordances are concurrently displayed.

    Privacy preserving distributed evaluation framework for embedded personalized systems

    公开(公告)号:US09972304B2

    公开(公告)日:2018-05-15

    申请号:US15266949

    申请日:2016-09-15

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    Abstract: Systems and processes for evaluating embedded personalized systems are provided. In one example process, instructions that define an experiment associated with a personalized speech recognition system can be received. The instructions can define one or more experimental parameters. In accordance with the received instructions, a second personalized speech recognition system can be generated based on the personalized speech recognition system and the one or more experimental parameters. Additionally, the plurality of user speech samples can be processed using the second personalized speech recognition system to generate a plurality of speech recognition results and a plurality of accuracy scores corresponding to the plurality of speech recognition results. Second instructions can be received based on the plurality of accuracy scores. In accordance with the second instructions, the second speech recognition system can be activated.

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