Combining missing-feature theory, speech enhancement, and speaker-dependent/-independent modeling for speech separation

Computer Speech and Language

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 67-76

  Ming, Ji ^a   Hazen, Timothy J ^b   Glass, James R ^b  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Missing feature theory; Posterior union model; Speaker modeling; Speech enhancement; Speech recognition

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PAPERS; EXTENDED VERSIONS; MISSING-FEATURE THEORY; POSTERIOR UNION MODEL; SINGLE-CHANNEL; SPEAKER MODELING; SPEECH SEPARATION; SYSTEM USE; SYSTEM-BASED; WIENER FILTERS;

HIDDEN MARKOV MODELS; SEPARATION; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; SPEECH ANALYSIS; SPEECH ENHANCEMENT;

SPEECH RECOGNITION;

EID: 69249115826     PISSN: 08852308     EISSN: 10958363     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csl.2007.12.004     Document Type: Article

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