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A word recognition system is disclosed for converting spoken utterances into either text or commands. The system runs on a platform capable of running a plurality applications. Text and commands are sent from a word recognition application to one or more user applications. In addition, information p

A word recognition system is disclosed for converting spoken utterances into either text or commands. The system runs on a platform capable of running a plurality applications. Text and commands are sent from a word recognition application to one or more user applications. In addition, information pertaining to the state of the user applications is sent back to the word recognition application. Word recognition probabilities are modified based the information received from the user applications. As a result, the probabilities of recognizing a spoken utterance as a particular command will be greater when that command is active in the user application then when it is not active. Also, text strings will be assigned higher probabilities when they are appropriate for the present state of the user application.

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[ What we claim is:] [1.] A word recognition system designed to run as part of one program on a computer system which is capable of running a plurality of computer aplication programs at one time, said word recognition system including:means for receiving user generated word signals representing wor

[ What we claim is:] [1.] A word recognition system designed to run as part of one program on a computer system which is capable of running a plurality of computer aplication programs at one time, said word recognition system including:means for receiving user generated word signals representing words to be recognized;recognition means for performing pattern matching upon the word signals to select which one or more of a plurality of vocabulary words most probably correspond to each such word signal;other-program-monitoring means for repeatedly initiating the transfer to said word recognition system of time varying information from one or more other application programs running on said computer; andprobability-altering means for repeatedly altering the probability of which vocabulary words will be selected by said recognition means as most probably corresponding to a received word signal as a function of the time varying information received as a result of said transfer.