MMI-MAP and MPE-MAP for acoustic model adaptation

EUROSPEECH 2003 - 8th European Conference on Speech Communication and Technology

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 1981-1984

  Povey, D ^a   Gales, M J F ^a   Kim, D Y ^a   Woodland, P C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION; PERSONAL COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; SPEECH COMMUNICATION; SPEECH RECOGNITION;

ACOUSTIC MODEL ADAPTATION; BROADCAST NEWS TRANSCRIPTIONS; DISCRIMINATIVE TRAINING; MINIMUM PHONE ERROR; MUTUAL INFORMATIONS; OBJECTIVE FUNCTIONS; PARAMETER ESTIMATE; PRIOR DISTRIBUTION;

PARAMETER ESTIMATION;

EID: 85009165931     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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