A robust, real-time voice activity detection algorithm for embedded mobile devices

International Journal of Speech Technology

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 133-146

  Wu, Bian ^a   Ren, Xiaolin ^b   Liu, Chongqing ^a   Zhang, Yaxin ^b  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Motorola China Research Center   (China)

Author keywords

Automatic speech recognition; Embedded; Noisy robust; Real time; Voice activity detection

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; DECISION MAKING; EMBEDDED SYSTEMS; FINITE AUTOMATA; MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; REAL TIME SYSTEMS;

ADPATIVE SPEECH RECOGNITION; NOISY ROBUST; VOICE ACTIVITY DETECTION;

SPEECH RECOGNITION;

EID: 30344479475     PISSN: 13812416     EISSN: 15728110     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10772-005-2165-7     Document Type: Conference Paper

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