US 12,073,826 B2
Freeze words
Matthew Sharifi, Kilchberg (CH); and Aleksandar Kracun, New York, NY (US)
Assigned to Google LLC, Mountain View, CA (US)
Filed by Google LLC, Mountain View, CA (US)
Filed on May 23, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/322,149.
Application 18/322,149 is a continuation of application No. 17/115,742, filed on Dec. 8, 2020, granted, now 11,688,392.
Prior Publication US 2023/0298575 A1, Sep. 21, 2023
Int. Cl. G10L 15/16 (2006.01); G10L 15/05 (2013.01); G10L 15/08 (2006.01)
CPC G10L 15/16 (2013.01) [G10L 15/05 (2013.01); G10L 2015/088 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A computer-implemented method executed on data processing hardware that causes the data processing hardware to perform operations comprising:
receiving a first instance of audio data corresponding to a dictation-based query for a digital assistant to dictate audible contents spoken by a user, the dictation-based query spoken by the user;
receiving a second instance of the audio data corresponding to an utterance of the audible contents spoken by the user;
processing the second instance of the audio data to generate a transcription of the audible contents; and
during the processing of the second instance of the audio data:
detecting a freeze word in the second instance of the audio data; and
in response to detecting the freeze word in the second instance of the audio data, providing, for output from an assistant-enabled device associated with the user, the transcription of the audible contents spoken by the user.