Steven M. Bennett

Intel virtualization technology

A virtualized system includes a new layer of software, the virtual machine monitor. The VMMs principal role is to arbitrate accesses to the underlying physical host platforms resources so that multiple operating systems (which are guests of the VMM) can share them. The VMM presents to each guest OS a set of virtual platform interfaces that constitute a virtual machine (VM). Once confined to specialized, proprietary, high-end server and mainframe systems, virtualization is now becoming more broadly available and is supported in off-the-shelf systems based on Intel architecture (IA) hardware. This development is due in part to the steady performance improvements of IA-based systems, which mitigates traditional virtualization performance overheads. Intel virtualization technology provides hardware support for processor virtualization, enabling simplifications of virtual machine monitor software. Resulting VMMs can support a wider range of legacy and future operating systems while maintaining high performance.

Selecting one of multiple speech recognizers in a system based on performance predections resulting from experience

A method for selecting a speech recognizer from a number of speech recognizers in a speech recognition system. The speech recognition system receives an audio stream from an application and derives enabling information. The speech recognition system then enables at least some of the speech recognizers and receives their results. It derives selection information and uses it to select the best speech recognizer and its results and returns those results back to the application.

System for generating speech and non-speech audio messages

An audio information system that may be used to form and convey an audio message having speech overlapped with non-speech audio is provided. The system has components to store a context indicator having non-speech audio to signify a characteristic of a speech content stream, to merge the context indicator with the speech content stream to form an integrated message, and to output the integrated message. The message has overlapping non-speech audio from the context indicator and speech audio. The system also has mechanisms to vary the format of integrated message generated in order to train the user on non-speech cues. In addition, other aspects of the present invention relating to the audio information system receiving content and generating an audio message are described.