Speech Recognition System Status Notifications
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Solution Overview
Problem
Speech recognition systems lack effective notifications to users about their operational status, leading to uncertainty regarding feature availability and performance, which can impact user interaction and efficiency.
Innovation Solution
The system includes processors, memory modules, microphones, displays, and speakers that transform acoustic vibrations into speech input signals, providing remote processing notifications and barge-in availability notifications to inform users about system status and functionality.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If the speech recognition system provides detailed status notifications to users, then user understanding of system performance and feature availability is improved, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The notification system is segmented into distinct notification types (remote processing notification and barge-in availability notification), each serving a specific informational purpose. This segmentation allows the system to provide comprehensive status information without creating a monolithic complex notification module, as each segment can be independently managed and optimized.
Solution Approach 2:
The notification system acts as an intermediary between the speech recognition system's internal processing states and the user. Rather than directly exposing complex system internals, the intermediary notification layer translates system status into user-friendly messages, reducing the apparent complexity while maintaining information transparency.
2Adaptability or versatility
If the system remotely processes speech input signals, then processing capability is improved, but response time increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary local processing of speech input signals to determine whether remote processing is necessary. By pre-evaluating the speech signal locally and only transmitting to remote systems when needed, the system minimizes unnecessary transmission delays while maintaining the adaptability to leverage remote processing capabilities when they provide value.
Solution Approach 2:
The remote processing notification provides feedback to users about the system's processing state, managing user expectations regarding response time. This feedback mechanism helps users understand when delays may occur due to remote processing, effectively communicating the time trade-off without necessarily increasing it.
3Productivity
If the system allows barge-in processing during audible output, then user interaction efficiency is improved, but system reliability decreases
Solution Approach 1:
The system dynamically adjusts its processing state based on the barge-in availability notification. When barge-in is permitted, the system transitions to a state that can accept and process interrupting speech inputs during audible output. This dynamic state adjustment allows the system to optimize for user interaction efficiency in appropriate contexts while maintaining reliability through controlled acceptance of interrupting inputs.
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
Users are better informed about system performance and feature availability, allowing for more efficient interactions by understanding when the system is processing inputs locally or remotely and when they can interrupt ongoing processes.
Implementation Method 1
The microphone receives acoustic vibrations. When executed by the one or more processors, the machine readable instructions cause the speech recognition system to transform the acoustic vibrations received by the microphone into a speech input signal
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AI summary
Systems and vehicles that provide speech recognition system status notifications are described herein. Systems described herein include one or more processors, one or more memory modules, and machine readable instructions. In some embodiments described herein, when executed by the one or more processors, the machine readable instructions cause the speech recognition system to transform the acoustic vibrations received by a microphone into a speech input signal, determine to remotely process the speech input signal with a remote computing system, and provide a remote processing notification. In some embodiments described herein, when executed by the one or more processors, the machine readable instructions cause the speech recognition system to output an audible sequence with a speaker and provide a barge-in availability notification on a display.