Arabic speech recognition using SPHINX engine

International Journal of Speech Technology

Volumn 9, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 133-150

  Hyassat, Hussein ^a   Abu Zitar, Raed ^b  

^a Arab Academy for Banking and Financial Science   (Jordan)

^b NEW YORK INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Diacritic Arabic; Pronunciation Dictionary; SPHINX engine

Indexed keywords

CHARACTER RECOGNITION; ENGINES; SIMULATED ANNEALING; SPEECH; TABLE LOOKUP;

ARABIC SPEECH RECOGNITION; AUTOMATIC SPEECH RECOGNITION; COMMAND AND CONTROL; DIACRITIC ARABIC; PERFORMANCE MEASURE; PRONUNCIATION DICTIONARIES; SIMULATED ANNEALING ALGORITHMS; STATISTICAL INFORMATION;

SPEECH RECOGNITION;

EID: 57649155665     PISSN: 13812416     EISSN: 15728110     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10772-008-9009-1     Document Type: Article

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