Exploring the influence of general and specific factors on the recognition accuracy of an ASR system for dysarthric speaker

Expert Systems with Applications

Volumn 42, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 3924-3932

  Mustafa, Mumtaz Begum ^a   Rosdi, Fadhilah ^a   Salim, Siti Salwah ^a   Mughal, Muhammad Umair ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

ASR system; Dysarthric speech; Recognition accuracy

Indexed keywords

SPEECH; SPEECH INTELLIGIBILITY;

ASR SYSTEM; ASSISTIVE TOOL; AUTOMATIC SPEECH RECOGNITION; GENERAL FACTORS; INTRA SPEAKER VARIABILITIES; RECOGNITION ACCURACY; SPEAKING STYLES; VOCABULARY SIZE;

SPEECH RECOGNITION;

EID: 84922309792     PISSN: 09574174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eswa.2015.01.033     Document Type: Review

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