Speech clarity index (Ψ): A distance-based speech quality indicator and recognition rate prediction for dysarthric speakers with cerebral palsy

IEICE Transactions on Information and Systems

Volumn E92-D, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 460-468

  Kayasith, Prakasith ^a   Theeramunkong, Thanaruk ^a  

^a THAMMASAT UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Dysarthric speech recognition; Recognition rate prediction; Speech assessment; Speech disorder; Speech quality index

Indexed keywords

DEEP NEURAL NETWORKS; DISEASES; FORECASTING; SPEECH; SPEECH COMMUNICATION;

AUTOMATED APPROACH; AUTOMATIC SPEECH RECOGNITION SYSTEM; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; INTELLIGIBILITY TESTS; RATE PREDICTIONS; RECOGNITION SYSTEMS; SPEECH DISORDERS; SPEECH QUALITY INDICES;

SPEECH RECOGNITION;

EID: 77950303013     PISSN: 09168532     EISSN: 17451361     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1587/transinf.E92.D.460     Document Type: Article

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