A speech system has a speech input channel including a speech recognizer, and a speech output channel including a text-to-speech converter. Associated with the input channel is a barge-in control for setting barge-in behavior parameters determining how the apparatus handles barge-in by a user during...http://www.google.fr/patents/US7062440?utm_source=gb-gplus-shareBrevet US7062440 - Monitoring text to speech output to effect control of barge-in
Monitoring text to speech output to effect control of barge-in