Speaker-Adaptation Speech Recognition Terminal Reducing Server Load
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional speech-recognition systems face data overload and inefficiency due to the need for pre-learning processes and speaker ID management, which are cumbersome and require significant server resources.
Innovation Solution
A speech-recognition system where statistical variables for speaker-adaptation are extracted and accumulated on a terminal, allowing the terminal to generate conversion parameters for the speech-recognition server, reducing the need for pre-learning and speaker ID management, and thereby minimizing data transmission and server burden.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If pre-learning process and speaker ID management are implemented, then speaker-adaptation performance is improved, but server resource consumption and data overload increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts the speaker-adaptation functionality from the server side and relocates it to the terminal side. The terminal now performs statistical variable accumulation and conversion parameter generation locally, while the server only needs to provide basic speech recognition services. This extraction eliminates the need for server-side speaker ID management and pre-learning processes, thereby reducing data overload on the server while maintaining speaker-adaptation performance.
Solution Approach 2:
The terminal is empowered to perform speaker-adaptation independently through self-service mechanisms. It automatically accumulates statistical variables from recognized speech, generates conversion parameters, and applies them to improve recognition accuracy for the current speaker. This self-service capability eliminates the need for server-side pre-learning processes and speaker ID management, reducing both data volume and server resource consumption.
2Reliability
If pre-learning process is performed, then speaker-adaptation accuracy is improved, but operation complexity and time consumption increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary accumulation of statistical variables continuously in the background during normal speech recognition operations. Instead of requiring a separate pre-learning phase, the terminal gradually builds up speaker-specific statistical data from everyday speech interactions. This preliminary action occurs automatically without user intervention, maintaining high speaker-adaptation accuracy while eliminating operation complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The terminal automatically performs speaker-adaptation without requiring user-initiated pre-learning processes. It self-manages the accumulation of statistical variables, generation of conversion parameters, and application of speaker-specific adaptations throughout normal operation. This self-service approach maintains high accuracy while completely eliminating the need for complex manual pre-learning operations.
3Measurement precision
If speaker ID management is implemented, then speaker identification accuracy is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent removes the speaker ID management function from the system architecture. Instead of implementing speaker identification and management mechanisms, the system directly performs speaker-adaptation using speech content analysis. The terminal extracts speaker-specific statistical variables from the speech itself without requiring separate speaker identification processes, thereby maintaining adaptation accuracy while reducing system complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The system introduces statistical variables as an intermediary mechanism between speech input and speaker-adaptation output. Rather than directly implementing speaker ID management, the terminal uses accumulated statistical variables derived from speech content to enable speaker-specific adaptation. This intermediary approach maintains measurement precision for speaker characteristics while avoiding the complexity of direct speaker ID management systems.
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AI summary
Provided are a terminal and server of a speaker-adaptation speech-recognition system and a method for operating the system. The terminal in the speaker-adaptation speech-recognition system includes a speech recorder which transmits speech data of a speaker to a speech-recognition server, a statistical variable accumulator which receives a statistical variable including acoustic statistical information about speech of the speaker from the speech-recognition server which recognizes the transmitted speech data, and accumulates the received statistical variable, a conversion parameter generator which generates a conversion parameter about the speech of the speaker using the accumulated statistical variable and transmits the generated conversion parameter to the speech-recognition server, and a result displaying user interface which receives and displays result data when the speech-recognition server recognizes the speech data of the speaker using the transmitted conversion parameter and transmits the recognized result data.


