Multi-level annotation in the Emu speech database management system

Speech Communication

Volumn 33, Issue 1-2, 2001, Pages 61-77

  Cassidy, Steve ^a   Harrington, Jonathan ^a,b  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED SOFTWARE ENGINEERING; DATA STRUCTURES; DATABASE SYSTEMS;

SPEECH ANNOTATION; SPEECH DATABASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS;

SPEECH ANALYSIS;

EID: 0035156352     PISSN: 01676393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-6393(00)00069-8     Document Type: Article

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