Linear regression based speaker adaptation approaches can improve Automatic Speech Recognition (ASR) accuracy significantly for a target speaker. However, when the available adapt...
In recent work, we proposed an alternative to parallel text as translation model (TM) training data: audio recordings of parallel speech (pSp), as it occurs in any communication s...
Computer Assisted Language Learning (CALL) applications for improving the oral skills of low-proficient learners have to cope with nonnative speech that is particularly challengin...
Joost van Doremalen, Catia Cucchiarini, Helmer Str...
We describe the latest version of the SRI-ICSI meeting and lecture recognition system, as was used in the NIST RT-07 evaluations, highlighting improvements made over the last year....
Andreas Stolcke, Xavier Anguera, Kofi Boakye, &Oum...
Letter units, or graphemes, have been reported in the literature as a surprisingly effective substitute to the more traditional phoneme units, at least in languages that enjoy a s...