Maximum likelihood modelling of pronunciation variation

Speech Communication

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 177-191

  Holter, Trym ^a   Svendsen, Torbjørn ^b  

^a SINTEF   (Norway)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; MARKOV PROCESSES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION SYSTEMS;

AUTOMATIC SPEECH RECOGNITION (ASR) SYSTEMS; HIDDEN MARKOV MODELS (HMM); PRONUNCIATION MODELS;

SPEECH RECOGNITION;

EID: 0033335617     PISSN: 01676393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-6393(99)00036-9     Document Type: Article

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