Is it possible to specify in Speech SDK to always use "lbs" instead of "£" when "pounds" is recognized?

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Is it possible to specify in Speech SDK to always use "lbs" instead of "£" when "pounds" is recognized?

Faris Lemes 70

Hi, is it possible somehow to configure speech sdk in a way when word "pound" is detected that it is always meant to be lbs, not £, for example when I say, "99 pounds" it is detected as "99 lbs", but if I said, "100 pounds" it is detected as "£100". Is there some option to handle this behavior?
Thanks!

VasaviLankipalle-MSFT 18,736 Reputation points Moderator

2024-04-23T19:27:42.9533333+00:00

Hello @Faris Lemes , Thanks for using Microsoft Q&A Platform.

Could you please elaborate regarding the speech feature and the code details you are working on to reproduce the same on our end?

Faris Lemes 70

I have speech recognizer configured like this:

auto speechConfig = SpeechConfig::FromSubscription(key, region);
speechConfig->SetProperty(PropertyId::Speech_SegmentationSilenceTimeoutMs, to_string(1500));
speechConfig->SetProperty(PropertyId::SpeechServiceConnection_InitialSilenceTimeoutMs, to_string(5000));
speechConfig->SetProperty(PropertyId::SpeechServiceConnection_EndSilenceTimeoutMs, to_string(1000));

This happens in a case that I trigger recognizer by

self->recognizerOwned->RecognizeOnceAsync();

and in case when I say "100 pounds" it detect pounds as £.

VasaviLankipalle-MSFT 18,736 Reputation points Moderator

2024-04-25T00:03:55.87+00:00

Hello @Faris Lemes , thanks for sharing these details. Is it possible to share the language code (like en-us) you are working on?

I have observed that for complete sentences related to 100pounds it worked better but not with single word.
Faris Lemes 70 Reputation points

2024-04-25T10:51:32.98+00:00

It should be en-us, I have not specified it anywhere. Use case for the application is that there is a question for user regarding the weight and if user responds with 100 pounds, it won't be recognized as weight.
Faris Lemes 70 Reputation points

2024-05-17T12:58:40.3666667+00:00

hello @VasaviLankipalle-MSFT is there any update regarding this topic? It's still the same with language en-us