We introduce an expectation maximizationtype (EM) algorithm for maximum likelihood optimization of conditional densities. It is applicable to hidden variable models where the dist...
Navigating through new voicemail messages to find messages of interest is a time-consuming task, particularly for high-volume users. When checking messages under a time constraint...
Detection of filled pauses is a challenging research problem which has several practical applications. It can be used to evaluate the spoken fluency skills of the speaker, to im...
Kartik Audhkhasi, Kundan Kandhway, Om Deshmukh, As...
In the Weighted Finite State Transducer (WFST) framework for speech recognition, we can reduce memory usage and increase flexibility by using on-the-fly composition which genera...
Tasuku Oonishi, Paul R. Dixon, Koji Iwano, Sadaoki...
This paper explores the issue of term-weighting in the genre of spontaneous, multi-party spoken dialogues, with the intent of using such term-weights in the creation of extractive ...