Language accent classification in American English

Speech Communication

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 353-367

  Arslan, Levent M ^a   Hansen, John H L ^a  

^a Duke University   (United States)

Author keywords

Accent analysis; Accent classification; Hidden markov models; Listener accent assessment; Robust speech recognition

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATABASE SYSTEMS; LINGUISTICS; SPEECH ANALYSIS; SPEECH INTELLIGIBILITY; SPEECH SYNTHESIS; SUBJECTIVE TESTING;

LANGUAGE ACCENT CLASSIFICATION; MEL CEPSTRUM COEFFICIENTS; MEL CEPSTRUM ENERGY; SUBJECTIVE LISTENING TEST;

SPEECH RECOGNITION;

EID: 0030165438     PISSN: 01676393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0167-6393(96)00024-6     Document Type: Article

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