Comparison of human listeners and speaker verification systems using voice mimicry data

Odyssey 2014: Speaker and Language Recognition Workshop

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 137-144

  Hautamaki, Rosa Gonzalez ^a   Kinnunen, Tomi ^a   Hautamaki, Ville ^a   Laukkanen, Anne Maria ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^b TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUDIO SYSTEMS; ERRORS; GAUSSIAN DISTRIBUTION;

AUTOMATIC SYSTEMS; ERROR RATE; FINNISH; GAIN INSIGHT; GAUSSIAN MIXTURE MODEL-UNIVERSAL BACKGROUND MODELS; HUMAN LISTENERS; I VECTORS; SPEAKER VERIFICATION SYSTEM;

SPEECH RECOGNITION;

EID: 84929624509     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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