24. The method of claim 23, wherein the step of producing the final label output probabilities further comprises the step of: (bb) computing: ##EQU32##
24. The method of claim 23, wherein the step of producing the final label output probabilities further comprises the step of: (bb) computing: ##EQU32## 25. The method of claim 24 further comprising the step of: producing final transition probabilities which are linearly averaged between the smoothed transition probabilities and the basic transition probabilities.