A context-aware language model for spoken query retrieval

International Journal of Speech Technology

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 203-219

  Zhong, Yapin ^a   Gilbert, Juan E ^a  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Automatic speech recognition; Language models; Speech user interfaces; Spoken query retrieval

Indexed keywords

DATABASE SYSTEMS; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SPEECH RECOGNITION; USER INTERFACES;

LANGUAGE MODELS; SPEECH USER INTERFACES; SPOKEN QUERY RETRIEVAL;

QUERY LANGUAGES;

EID: 30344454423     PISSN: 13812416     EISSN: 15728110     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10772-005-2171-9     Document Type: Conference Paper

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