Use of syllable nuclei locations to improve ASR

2007 IEEE Workshop on Automatic Speech Recognition and Understanding, ASRU 2007, Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 335-340

  Bartels, Chris D ^a   Bilmes, Jeff A ^a  

^a University of Washington   (United States)

Author keywords

Automatic speech recognition; Dynamic Bayesian networks; Speaking rate; Syllables

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN NETWORKS; HIDDEN MARKOV MODELS; LOCATION;

AUTOMATIC SPEECH RECOGNITION; AUTOMATIC SPEECH RECOGNITION SYSTEM; DYNAMIC BAYESIAN NETWORKS; SPEAKING RATE; SYLLABLES;

SPEECH RECOGNITION;

EID: 44849142456     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/asru.2007.4430134     Document Type: Conference Paper

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