One key aspect of face-to-face communication concerns the differences that may exist between speakers’ native regional accents. This paper focuses on the characterization of re...
In the EMIME project we have studied unsupervised cross-lingual speaker adaptation. We have employed an HMM statistical framework for both speech recognition and synthesis which p...
Mikko Kurimo, William Byrne, John Dines, Philip N....
This paper debuts a novel application of speech recognition to foreign language learning. We present a generic framework for developing user-customizable card games designed to ai...
Over the years, the focus in noise robust speech recognition has shifted from noise robust features to model based techniques such as parallel model combination and uncertainty de...
Kris Demuynck, Xueru Zhang, Dirk Van Compernolle, ...
This paper presents a new method for the verification of the correct pronunciation of spoken words. This process is based on speech recognition technology. It can be particularly ...