Using acoustic measures to predict automatic speech recognition performance for dysarthric speakers

Models and Analysis of Vocal Emissions for Biomedical Applications - 7th International Workshop, MAVEBA 2011

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 75-78

  Mengistu, Kinfe T ^a   Rudzicz, Frank ^a   Falk, Tiago H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE   (Canada)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

MEDICAL APPLICATIONS;

ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY; AUTOMATIC SPEECH RECOGNITION; COMPUTERIZED TOOLS; DYSARTHRIA; HEALTH CARE COSTS; POTENTIAL EFFICACY; UNIVERSAL ACCESS; WAITING LISTS;

SPEECH RECOGNITION;

EID: 84908552131     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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