A comparison of novel techniques for rapid speaker adaptation

Speech Communication

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 15-33

  Hazen, Timothy J ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Speaker adaptation; Speaker clustering; Speaker constraint

Indexed keywords

EID: 0009625231     PISSN: 01676393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-6393(99)00059-X     Document Type: Article

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