Using random forest language models in the IBM RT-04 CTS system

9th European Conference on Speech Communication and Technology

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 741-744

  Xu, Peng ^a   Mangu, Lidia ^b  

^a Johns Hopkins University   (United States)

^b IBM T J WATSON RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FORMAL LANGUAGES; INFORMATION ANALYSIS; SPEECH COMMUNICATION; STEREOPHONIC RECEIVERS; TELEPHONE SYSTEMS; VOCABULARY CONTROL;

DATA SPARSENESS PROBLEM; FOREST LANGUAGE MODELS; NEW LANGUAGE MODEL; TRAINING LANGUAGE MODELS;

SPEECH RECOGNITION;

EID: 33745215135     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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