An Interactive Open-Vocabulary Chinese Name Input System Using Syllable Spelling and Character Description Recognition Modules for Error Correction
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The open-vocabulary name recognition technique is one of the most challenging tasks in the application of automatic Chinese speech recognition technology. It can be used as the free name input method for telephony speech applications and automatic directory assistance systems. A Chinese name usually has two to three characters, each of which is pronounced as a single tonal syllable. Obviously, it is very confusing to recognize a three-syllable word from millions to billions of possible candidates. A novel interactive automatic-speech-recognition system is proposed to resolve this highly challenging task. This system was built as an open-vocabulary Chinese name recognition system using character-based approaches. Two important character-input speech-recognition modules were designed as backoff approaches in this system to complete the name input or to correct any misrecognized characters. Finite-state networks were compiled from regular grammar of syllable spellings and character descriptions for these two speech recognition modules. The possible candidate names cover more than five billions. This system has been tested publicly and proved a robust way to interact with the speaker. An 86.7% name recognition success rate was achieved by the interactive open-vocabulary Chinese name input system.
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- IEICE TRANSACTIONS on Information Vol.E90-D No.11 pp.1796-1804
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- 2007/11/01
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- 1745-1361
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- 10.1093/ietisy/e90-d.11.1796
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- Speech and Hearing
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Nick Jui Chang WANG, "An Interactive Open-Vocabulary Chinese Name Input System Using Syllable Spelling and Character Description Recognition Modules for Error Correction" in IEICE TRANSACTIONS on Information,
vol. E90-D, no. 11, pp. 1796-1804, November 2007, doi: 10.1093/ietisy/e90-d.11.1796.
Abstract: The open-vocabulary name recognition technique is one of the most challenging tasks in the application of automatic Chinese speech recognition technology. It can be used as the free name input method for telephony speech applications and automatic directory assistance systems. A Chinese name usually has two to three characters, each of which is pronounced as a single tonal syllable. Obviously, it is very confusing to recognize a three-syllable word from millions to billions of possible candidates. A novel interactive automatic-speech-recognition system is proposed to resolve this highly challenging task. This system was built as an open-vocabulary Chinese name recognition system using character-based approaches. Two important character-input speech-recognition modules were designed as backoff approaches in this system to complete the name input or to correct any misrecognized characters. Finite-state networks were compiled from regular grammar of syllable spellings and character descriptions for these two speech recognition modules. The possible candidate names cover more than five billions. This system has been tested publicly and proved a robust way to interact with the speaker. An 86.7% name recognition success rate was achieved by the interactive open-vocabulary Chinese name input system.
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