Modeling, estimating, and compensating low-bit rate coding distortion in speech recognition

IEEE Transactions on Audio, Speech and Language Processing

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 246-254

  Yoma, Néstor Becerra ^a,b,c   Molina, Carlos ^b,c   Silva, Jorge ^b,d   Busso, Carlos ^b,e  

^a IEEE   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^c International Speech Communication Association   (Chile)

^d University of Southern California   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Coding distortion; EM estimation algorithm; HMM compensation; Low bit rate coders; Speech recognition

Indexed keywords

CODING DISTORTION; EM ESTIMATION ALGORITHM; HMM COMPENSATION; LOW-BIT RATE CODERS;

ALGORITHMS; BIT ERROR RATE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SPEECH CODING;

SPEECH RECOGNITION;

EID: 33744969526     PISSN: 15587916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TSA.2005.852994     Document Type: Conference Paper

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