Word boundary hypothesization for continuous speech in Hindi based on F0 patterns

Speech Communication

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 21-46

  Rajendran, S ^a   Yegnanarayana, B ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MADRAS   (India)

Author keywords

F0 pattern; Prosody; Word boundary

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; SPEECH ANALYSIS; SPEECH COMMUNICATION;

CONTINUOUS SPEECH; HINDI; WORD BOUNDARY HYPOTHESIZATION;

SPEECH RECOGNITION;

EID: 0029754565     PISSN: 01676393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0167-6393(95)00022-4     Document Type: Article

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