Bridging the gap: Towards a unified framework for hands-free speech recognition using microphone arrays

2008 Hands-free Speech Communication and Microphone Arrays, Proceedings, HSCMA 2008

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 104-107

  Seltzer, Michael L ^a  

^a MICROSOFT RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Beamforming; Microphone array processing; Speech recognition

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER NETWORKS; MICROPHONES; SPEECH; SPEECH ANALYSIS; SPEECH ENHANCEMENT;

BEAMFORMING; FREE SPEECH; MICROPHONE ARRAY PROCESSING;

SPEECH RECOGNITION;

EID: 50449092852     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/HSCMA.2008.4538698     Document Type: Conference Paper

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