Data-driven environmental compensation for speech recognition: A unified approach

Speech Communication

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 267-285

  Moreno, Pedro J ^a,b   Raj, Bhiksha ^a   Stern, Richard M ^a  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HEWLETT PACKARD COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Data driven algorithms; Environmental compensation; Robust speech communication

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; DATABASE SYSTEMS; LEARNING SYSTEMS; PATTERN RECOGNITION SYSTEMS; ROBUSTNESS (CONTROL SYSTEMS); SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; SPEECH ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL METHODS;

AUTOMATIC SPEECH RECOGNITION SYSTEMS; DATA-DRIVEN ENVIRONMENTAL COMPENSATION; STATISTICAL REESTIMATION (STAR) FAMILY OF ALGORITHMS;

SPEECH RECOGNITION;

EID: 0032116601     PISSN: 01676393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-6393(98)00025-9     Document Type: Article

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