Using Commonsense Reasoning to Improve Voice Recognition

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Using Commonsense Reasoning to Improve Voice
Recognition
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Speech Recognition
By integrating the Microsoft Speech API and
ConceptNet, we hope to

• Disambiguate phonetically similar words
• Improve error correction interfaces
• Improve overall recognition accuracy

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Speech Recognition
Here is how our prototype is going to work
I was at the school the other day. I walked up to
the (text being dictated appears here)
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Speech Recognition
User Speaks
I was at the school the other day. I walked up to
the
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Speech Recognition
Speech is Processed
I was at the school the other day. I walked up to
the
principle principal the principle of of the
principal
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Speech Recognition
The Context is analyzed using ConceptNet
I was at the school the other day. I walked up to
the
principle principal the principle of of the
principal
chalkboard textbook teacher principal
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Speech Recognition
Options are calculated and ranked
I was at the school the other day. I walked up to
the principal
principal principle the principle of of the
principal
principle principal the principle of of the
principal
chalkboard textbook teacher principal