Claims
- 1. A method for performing interactive speech recognition processing, comprising the steps of:
- receiving voice and translating the received voice into digital form;
- generating characteristic voice data for the received digitized voice;
- determining whether the characteristic voice data substantially matches standard characteristic voice information corresponding to pre-registered expressions and generating phrase identification data in response thereto, wherein the pre-registered expressions are stored as standard speech patterns capable of recognition in a removable cartridge releasably communicating with said phrase identification unit, said removable cartridge comprising a first memory to retain the standard speech patterns;
- recognizing a meaning from the received voice based on the received phrase identification data and formulating an appropriate response corresponding to the recognized meaning;
- enabling the creation of response data based on inputted information; and
- generating synthesized audio corresponding to the appropriate response formulated in said recognizing and formulating step.
- 2. The method of claim 1, wherein said removable cartridge includes a second memory to retain conversation content data used to recognize the meaning from the received and recognized voice.
- 3. The method of claim 2, wherein said removable cartridge includes a third memory to retain response data used to formulate and synthesize the appropriate response to the received and recognized voice.
- 4. The method of claim 3, wherein said first, second and third cartridge memories reside within at least one ROM device.
- 5. The method of claim 3, wherein said first, second and third cartridge memories reside within at least one EEPROM device.
- 6. The method of claim 1, wherein said removable cartridge includes a second memory to retain response data used to formulate and synthesize the appropriate response to the received and recognized voice.
- 7. A method for performing interactive speech recognition processing, comprising the steps of:
- receiving voice and translating the received voice into digital form;
- generating characteristic voice data for the received digitized voice;
- determining whether the characteristic voice data substantially matches standard characteristic voice information corresponding to pre-registered expressions and generating phrase identification data in response thereto;
- recognizing a meaning from the received voice based on the received phrase identification data and conversation content information stored in a first memory of a removable cartridge releasably communicating therewith, and formulating an appropriate response corresponding to the recognized meaning;
- enabling the creation of response data based on inputted information; and
- generating synthesized audio corresponding to the appropriate response formulated in said recognizing and formulating step.
- 8. The method of claim 7, wherein said removable cartridge includes a second memory to retain response data used to formulate and synthesize the appropriate response to the received and recognized voice.
- 9. The method of claim 8, wherein said first and second cartridge memories reside within at least one ROM device.
- 10. The method of claim 8, wherein said first and second cartridge memories reside within at least one EEPROM device.
Priority Claims (1)
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CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This is a Continuation of prior application Ser. No. 08/700,175 filed on Aug. 20, 1996, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,842,168, which is a continuation-in-part of Ser. No. 08/536,563 filed on Sep. 29, 1995 which is now U.S. Pat. No. 5,794,204.
This application is related to copending application Ser. No. 08/700,181, filed on Aug. 20, 1996, entitled "Voice Activated Interactive Speech Recognition Device And Method", and copending application Ser. No. 08/699,874, filed on Aug. 20, 1996, entitled "Speech Recognition Device And Processing Method", all commonly assigned with the present invention to the Seiko Epson Corporation of Tokyo, Japan. This application is also related to the following applications: application Ser. No. 08/078,027, filed Jun. 18, 1993, entitled "Speech Recognition System", now abandoned; application Ser. No. 08/641,268, filed Sep. 29, 1995, entitled Speech Recognition System Using Neural Networks, which is a continuation of application Ser. No. 08/078,027 and which is now U.S. Pat. No. 5,751,904, issued May 12, 1998; application Ser. No. 08/102,859, filed Aug. 6, 1993, entitled "Speech Recognition Apparatus", now U.S. Pat. No. 5,481,644, issued Jan. 2, 1996; application Ser. No. 08/485,134, filed Jun. 7, 1995, entitled "Speech Recognition Apparatus Using Neural Network and Learning Method Therefor", now U.S. Pat. No. 5,787,393, issued Jul. 28, 1998; and application Ser. No. 08/536,550, filed Sep. 29, 1996, entitled "Interactive Voice Recognition Method And Apparatus Using Affirmative/Negative Content Discrimination"; all commonly assigned with the present invention to the Seiko Epson Corporation of Tokyo, Japan.
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