Barbara Jean Ballard

Address:

1612 Arnold Cir, Virginia Beach, VA 23454

VIN:

1GYFK66847R235389

Make:

CADILLAC

Model:

ESCALADE ESV

Year:

2007

US Patent:

6345254, Feb 5, 2002

Filed:

May 29, 1999

Appl. No.:

09/321918

Inventors:

James R. Lewis - Delray Beach FL
Kerry A. Ortega - Raleigh NC
Ronald E. Van Buskirk - Indiantown FL
Huifang Wang - Boynton Beach FL
Amado Nassiff - Boynton Beach FL
Barbara E. Ballard - Kansas City MO

Assignee:

International Business Machines Corp. - Armonk NY

International Classification:

G10L 1522

US Classification:

704275, 704255, 704257

Abstract:

A method and system for improving the speech command recognition accuracy of a computer speech recognition system uses event-based constraints to recognize a spoken command. The constraints are system states and events, which include system activities, active applications, prior commands and an event queue. The method and system is performed by monitoring events and states of the computer system and receiving a processed command corresponding to the spoken command. The processed command is statistically analyzed in light of the system events and states as well as according to an acoustic model. The system then identifies a recognized command corresponding to the spoken command.

US Patent:

6577999, Jun 10, 2003

Filed:

Mar 8, 1999

Appl. No.:

09/264255

Inventors:

James R. Lewis - Delray Beach FL
Barbara Ballard - Kansas City MO

Assignee:

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

International Classification:

G10L 2100

US Classification:

704270, 704278

Abstract:

In a computer speech dictation system, a method for automatically managing a plurality of acoustic models. The method is intended to ensure that only high reliability acoustic models which accurately reflect word pronunciations for a given user are retained. The method is accomplished by assigning a base quality metric value for each of the acoustic models maintained by a speech recognition application. The quality metric is incremented or decremented upon the occurrence of certain events relevant to the reliablity of the acoustic model. Acoustic model are discarded when the quality metric value falls below a threshold value.

US Patent:

6611802, Aug 26, 2003

Filed:

Jun 11, 1999

Appl. No.:

09/330668

Inventors:

James R. Lewis - Delray Beach FL
Barbara E. Ballard - Kansas City MO
Gary R. Hanson - Palm Beach Gardens FL
Kerry A. Ortega - Raleigh NC
Ronald E. Vanbuskirk - Indiantown FL
Arthur Keller - Boca Raton FL

Assignee:

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

International Classification:

G10L 1300

US Classification:

704235, 704260

Abstract:

A method of proofreading and correcting dictated text contained in an electronic document comprises the steps of: selecting proofreading criteria for identifying textual errors contained in the electronic document; playing back each word contained in the electronic document; and, marking as a textual error each played back word in nonconformity with at least one of the proofreading criteria. The method can further comprise the step of editing each the marked textual error identified in the marking step. In particular, the editing step can include reviewing each the marked textual error identified in the marking step; accepting user specified changes to each marked textual error reviewed in the reviewing step; and, unmarking each marked textual error corrected by the user in the accepting step. Also, the reviewing step can include highlighting each the word in the electronic document corresponding to the marked textual error marked in the marking step; and, displaying an explanation for each marked textual error in a user interface. Moreover, the reviewing step can further include suggesting a recommended change to the marked textual error; displaying the recommended change in the user interface; and, accepting a user specified preference to substitute the recommended change for the marked textual error.

US Patent:

6760700, Jul 6, 2004

Filed:

Jun 11, 2003

Appl. No.:

10/462042

Inventors:

James R. Lewis - Delray Beach FL
Barbara E. Ballard - Kansas City MO
Gary R. Hanson - Palm Beach Gardens FL
Kerry A. Ortega - Raleigh NC
Ronald E. VanBuskirk - Indiantown FL
Arthur Keller - Boca Raton FL

Assignee:

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

International Classification:

G10L 1300

US Classification:

704235, 704260

Abstract:

A method of proofreading and correcting dictated text contained in an electronic document can include selecting proofreading criteria for identifying textual errors contained in the electronic document; playing back each word contained in the electronic document; and, marking as a textual error each played back word in nonconformity with at least one of the proofreading criteria.

US Patent:

63244993, Nov 27, 2001

Filed:

Mar 8, 1999

Appl. No.:

9/264122

Inventors:

James R. Lewis - Delray Beach FL
Barbara Ballard - Kansas City MO

Assignee:

International Business Machines Corp. - Armonk NY

International Classification:

G10L 1526

US Classification:

703233

Abstract:

A method and system for responding to randomly occurring noise in a voice recognition application program. The system receives an audio signal representative of sound in an audio environment and processes the audio signal to identify certain non-speech sounds. A pre-defined action is performed in response to the non-speech sound which has been identified. The pre-defined action is selected from the group consisting of disabling a microphone source of the audio signal, suspending further processing of the audio signal by the speech recognition system, executing a user-defined macro, and ignoring the sound. The system may perform additional steps including recording a sound which is to be identified as a non-speech sound and assigning one of the pre-defined actions to be performed in response when the non-speech sound has been identified.

US Patent:

61820466, Jan 30, 2001

Filed:

Mar 26, 1998

Appl. No.:

9/048714

Inventors:

Kerry A. Ortega - Deerfield Beach FL
Linda M. Boyer - Boca Raton FL
Thomas A. Kist - Boynton Beach FL
James R. Lewis - Delray Beach FL
Barbara E. Ballard - Raleigh NC
Ronald VanBuskirk - Indiantown FL
Arthur Keller - Boca Raton FL

Assignee:

International Business Machines Corp. - Armonk NY

International Classification:

G10L 1522

US Classification:

704275

Abstract:

A method for managing a What Can I Say (WCIS) function in an application having a plurality of commands which can be voice activated comprises the steps of: storing a set of substantially all voice activatable commands associated with the application; identifying those of the commands in the set which are displayable by the application; and, in response to a user input, displaying in a graphical user interface (GUI) a subset of the voice activatable commands which are not displayable by the application. Moreover, the method includes displaying in the GUI, in response to a user input, a list of the stored set of substantially all voice activatable commands associated with the application; displaying in the GUI a pull down menu identifying different categories by which the commands can be viewed in the list; and, displaying the GUI with a pull down menu identifying commands that can be performed against a voice command.

US Patent:

63143976, Nov 6, 2001

Filed:

Apr 13, 1999

Appl. No.:

9/290858

Inventors:

James R. Lewis - Delray Beach FL
Kerry Ortega - Deerfield Beach FL
Barbara Ballard - Kansas City MO

Assignee:

International Business Machines Corp. - Armonk NY

International Classification:

G10L 1526

US Classification:

704235

Abstract:

In a computer system having a word processing application adapted for speech recognition, a method and system to propagate corrections in dictated text. in response to a first user command, a first error word is selected to be corrected from a word processing file containing dictated text. The error word is replaced by a correct word selected by a user. The system subsequently searches the dictated text contained in the document fie in response to another user command to locate a second or subsequent error word that is a close acoustic match to the first error word. The second or subsequent error word may then be replaced using a word selected from an alternate word list.

US Patent:

59704519, Oct 19, 1999

Filed:

Apr 14, 1998

Appl. No.:

9/060122

Inventors:

James R. Lewis - Delray Beach FL
Kerry A. Ortega - Deerfield Beach FL
Barbara E. Ballard - Raleigh NC
Ronald VanBuskirk - Indiantown FL

Assignee:

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

International Classification:

G10L 300

US Classification:

704251

Abstract:

A method for correcting frequently misrecognized words and commands in a speech application. According to the method, when a need for correcting a frequently misrecognized word/command spoken by a user is detected, a recording is made of the misrecognized word/command in isolation. Subsequently, an in-isolation base form for the misrecognized word/command is established from the in-isolation recording. The in-isolation base form is then saved and the misrecognized word/command in recorded in context. Next, an in-context base form is established for the misrecognized word/command from the context recording and a comparison is made between the in-isolation and in-context base forms. The in-context base form is saved only if the in-isolation and in-context base forms are markedly different from one another. A sentence is displayed using the frequently misrecognized word/command in context and the user is prompted to speak the sentence. The sentence is then recognized using the speech application and the user is prompted to confirm whether or not the frequently misrecognized word/command was properly recognized.