Speech recognition by machines and humans

Speech Communication

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 1-15

  Lippmann, Richard P ^a  

^a MIT LINCOLN LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Automatic speech recognition; Machine recognition; Noise; Nonsense sentences; Nonsense syllables; Perception; Performance; Speech; Speech perception; Speech recognition

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC NOISE; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; MAN MACHINE SYSTEMS; SPEECH ANALYSIS;

AUTOMATIC SPEECH RECOGNITION; MACHINE RECOGNITION;

SPEECH RECOGNITION;

EID: 0031187171     PISSN: 01676393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-6393(97)00021-6     Document Type: Article

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