Rapid vocal tract length normalization using maximum likelihood estimation

EUROSPEECH 2001 - SCANDINAVIA - 7th European Conference on Speech Communication and Technology

Volumn , Issue , 2001, Pages 1649-1652

  Emori, Tadashi ^a   Shinoda, Koichi ^a  

^a NEC CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAPPING; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION; SPEECH COMMUNICATION;

COMPUTATIONAL COSTS; CONVENTIONAL METHODS; ERROR RATE; ERROR REDUCTION; LINEAR MAPPING; SPEAKER NORMALIZATION; VOCAL TRACT LENGTH NORMALIZATION; VOCAL TRACT LENGTHS;

SPEECH RECOGNITION;

EID: 51449094035     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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