Automatic laughter detection using neural networks

International Speech Communication Association - 8th Annual Conference of the International Speech Communication Association, Interspeech 2007

Volumn 4, Issue , 2007, Pages 2364-2367

  Knox, Mary Tai ^a   Mirghafori, Nikki ^b  

^a INTERNATIONAL COMPUTER SCIENCE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Laughter recognition; Neural networks; Speech in meetings

Indexed keywords

EFFICIENT METHODS; EQUAL ERROR RATES; HIGH PRECISIONS; HIGHER RESOLUTIONS; LAUGHTER RECOGNITION; SPEAKER RECOGNITIONS;

NEURAL NETWORKS; SPEECH; SPEECH RECOGNITION;

SPEECH COMMUNICATION;

EID: 56149116040     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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