Abstract:
A method for decoding an audio query may include: extracting one or more acoustic features from the audio query in response to receiving the audio query from a user; determining a generic word and a domain specific word based on the one or more acoustic features; and decoding the audio query based on the generic word, the domain specific word, and the one or more acoustic features to identify at least one word associated with the audio query.
Abstract:
An apparatus and method are provided for retrieving user data from various user devices and a cloud database. The method includes receiving a query entered by a user on a first device among the plurality of user devices; searching a device index of the first device for a result of the query; searching a cloud index for the result of the query, when the result is not found in the device index of the first device; presenting a preview of the result found on the cloud index; and presenting the result to the first device.