Mandarin Chinese Tone Recognition with an Artificial Neural Network

Journal of Otology

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 30-34

  Li, Xu ^a   Wenle, Zhang ^b   Ning, Zhou ^a   Chaoyang, Lee ^a   Yongxin, Li ^c   Xiuwu, Chen ^c   Xiaoyan, Zhao ^c  

^a OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Ohio University   (United States)

^c BEIJING INSTITUTE OF OTOLARYNGOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

artificial neural network; Chinese; tone production; tone recognition

Indexed keywords

EID: 34147143544     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16722930     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1672-2930(06)50005-4     Document Type: Article

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