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At HeyAnita we use statistical language models to improve speech recognition performance in a number of our portal applications, including driving directions, traffic, weather, stocks, sports, movies and restaurants. In this paper, language modeling implementations in different recognition environments and some real world data are reviewed.
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Shinn, P., Shomphe, M., Lewis, M. et al. Designing Language Models for Voice Portal Applications. International Journal of Speech Technology 7, 93–99 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1023/B:IJST.0000004813.54016.b4
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