Stochastic feature transformation with divergence-based out-of-handset rejection for robust speaker verification

Eurasip Journal on Applied Signal Processing

Volumn 2004, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 452-465

  Mak, Man Wai ^a   Tsang, Chi Leung ^a   Kung, Sun Yuan ^b  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b Princeton University   (United States)

Author keywords

Divergence; EM algorithm; Feature transformation; Handset distortion; Robust speaker verification

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC DISTORTION; ALGORITHMS; CURVE FITTING; ERROR ANALYSIS; GAUSSIAN NOISE (ELECTRONIC); INFORMATION ANALYSIS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; RANDOM PROCESSES; TELEPHONE SETS; TREES (MATHEMATICS); VECTORS;

DIVERGENCE; EM ALGORITHMS; FEATURE TRANSFORMATION; HANDSET DISTORTION; ROBUST SPEAKER VERIFICATION;

SPEECH RECOGNITION;

EID: 2942532899     PISSN: 11108657     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/S1110865704308048     Document Type: Article

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