Do speech recognizers prefer female speakers?

9th European Conference on Speech Communication and Technology

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 2205-2208

  Adda Decker, Martine ^a   Lamel, Lori ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATION; BROADCASTING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ERRORS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SPEECH ANALYSIS; SPEECH COMMUNICATION; TELECOMMUNICATION REPEATERS; TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

ASR SYSTEMS; PRONUNCIATIONS; SPEECH DISFLUENCIES; SPEECH RECOGNIZERS;

SPEECH RECOGNITION;

EID: 33745185539     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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