Enhancing speaker identification performance under the shouted talking condition using second-order circular hidden Markov models

Speech Communication

Volumn 48, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1047-1055

  Shahin, Ismail ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHARJAH   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

First order left to right hidden Markov models; Neutral talking condition; Second order circular hidden Markov models; Shouted talking condition

Indexed keywords

MARKOV PROCESSES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SPEECH ANALYSIS; SPEECH PROCESSING;

FIRST-ORDER LEFT-TO-RIGHT HIDDEN MARKOV MODELS (LTRHMM1); NEUTRAL TALKING CONDITION; SECOND-ORDER CIRCULAR HIDDEN MARKOV MODELS; SECOND-ORDER LEFT-TO-RIGHT HIDDEN MARKOV MODELS (LTRHMM2); SHOUTED TALKING CONDITION; SPEAKER IDENTIFICATION PERFORMANCE;

SPEECH RECOGNITION;

EID: 33745403627     PISSN: 01676393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.specom.2006.01.005     Document Type: Article

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