Improved word confidence estimation using long range features

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

Volumn , Issue , 2001, Pages 2117-2120

  Palmer, David D ^a,b   Ostendorf, Mari ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b MITRE CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER APPLICATIONS; COMPUTER SIMULATION;

CONFIDENCE ESTIMATION; MULTI-PASS; NAMED ENTITIES; NOCV1; TASK LEVELS;

SPEECH COMMUNICATION;

EID: 77249118498     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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