1. A method for recognizing a series of words as one of a set of predetermined sequences of prescribed words comprising the steps of (1) storing a set of state transition signals each representative of an initial state, a terminal state and a prescribed word linking said initial and terminal states to define the set of predetermined sequences of prescribed words, each sequence corresponding to a selected plurality of state connected prescribed words ending in a final state; (2) identifying the word positions of said series; (3) storing a set of signals representative of the final states of said predetermined sequences as addressed by said identified word positions; (4) generating a set of signals representative of a correspondence between the series word in each identified word position and said prescribed words; (5) assigning a time interval to each identified word position of said series; (6) in each identified word position interval, producing a cumulative correspondence signal for the identified word position of each sequence including selecting the word position correspondence signal associated with each sequence state transition signal prescribed word responsive to the sequence state transition signal in said identified word position, and combining said identified word position selected correspondence signal for each sequence with the sequence selected correspondence signals of the preceding word positions; (7) upon termination of the last word position interval selecting the sequences in their final states in said last word position responsive to the stored last word position final state signals, and (8) identifying the selected sequence having the closest cumulative correspondence to said series responsive to the last word position cumulative correspondence signals of said selected sequences.
1. A method for recognizing a series of words as one of a set of predetermined sequences of prescribed words comprising the steps of (1) storing a set of state transition signals each representative of an initial state, a terminal state and a prescribed word linking said initial and terminal states to define the set of predetermined sequences of prescribed words, each sequence corresponding to a selected plurality of state connected prescribed words ending in a final state; (2) identifying the word positions of said series; (3) storing a set of signals representative of the final states of said predetermined sequences as addressed by said identified word positions; (4) generating a set of signals representative of a correspondence between the series word in each identified word position and said prescribed words; (5) assigning a time interval to each identified word position of said series; (6) in each identified word position interval, producing a cumulative correspondence signal for the identified word position of each sequence including selecting the word position correspondence signal associated with each sequence state transition signal prescribed word responsive to the sequence state transition signal in said identified word position, and combining said identified word position selected correspondence signal for each sequence with the sequence selected correspondence signals of the preceding word positions; (7) upon termination of the last word position interval selecting the sequences in their final states in said last word position responsive to the stored last word position final state signals, and (8) identifying the selected sequence having the closest cumulative correspondence to said series responsive to the last word position cumulative correspondence signals of said selected sequences. 2. A method for recognizing a series of words as one of a set of predetermined sequences of prescribed words according to claim 1 further comprising storing the initial state and prescribed word of each word position sequence state transition signal addressed by the state transition signal terminal state; and wherein said sequence identifying step comprises identifying the final state of the selected sequence having the minimum last word position cumulative correspondence signal; and forming a signal representative of the identified sequence from said stored prescribed words responsive to the identified sequence final state and the stored initial states.