Computerized speech recognition: Influence of intelligibility and perceptual consistency on recognition accuracy

AAC: Augmentative and Alternative Communication

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 51-56

  Thomas Stonell, Nancy ^a,d   Kotler, Ava Lee ^b   Leeper, Herbert A ^c   Doyle, Philip C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b HOLLAND BLOORVIEW KIDS REHABILITATION HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^d Thomas Stonell Consulting   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION THEORY; SPEECH INTELLIGIBILITY; SPEECH RECOGNITION;

DYSARTHRIA; SPEECH IMPAIRMENT;

PATTERN RECOGNITION SYSTEMS;

EID: 0032010891     PISSN: 07434618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07434619812331278196     Document Type: Article

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