Initialization, training, and context-dependency in HMM-based formant tracking

IEEE Transactions on Audio, Speech and Language Processing

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 511-522

  Toledano, Doroteo Torre ^a,b   Villardebó, Jesús Gómez ^c   Gómez, Luis Hernández ^a,d  

^a IEEE   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Automatic segmentation; Formant tracking; Speech analysis

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; BIT ERROR RATE; HIDDEN MARKOV MODELS; SPEECH ANALYSIS;

AUTOMATIC SEGMENTATION; FORMANT TRACKING; PHONEMIC SEGMENTATION;

TRACKING (POSITION);

EID: 33947120106     PISSN: 15587916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TSA.2005.857805     Document Type: Article

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