Speech Signal Endpoint Detection Using Hidden Markov Models

A major cause of errors in automatic speech recognition system is the inaccurate detection of the beginning and ending boundaries of test and reference patterns. Separation of speech and silence segments in automatic speech recognition algorithms occupies a fundamental position. The improper demarca...

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Main Authors: Ahmed, M. Masroor, Ahmed, Abdul Manan, Othman, Muhamad Razib, Khan, Sheraz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Journal Quality and Technology Management 2006
Online Access:http://eprints.utm.my/8757/1/JQTM-v2-n1.pdf
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Ahmed, Abdul Manan
Othman, Muhamad Razib
Khan, Sheraz
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Ahmed, Abdul Manan
Othman, Muhamad Razib
Khan, Sheraz
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description A major cause of errors in automatic speech recognition system is the inaccurate detection of the beginning and ending boundaries of test and reference patterns. Separation of speech and silence segments in automatic speech recognition algorithms occupies a fundamental position. The improper demarcation of these segments reduces system’s efficiency, since;the system has to execute processing on the portion of segments which are not needed. A comprehensive evaluation of ASR systems showed that more than half of the recognition errors are caused due to wrong word boundary detection [1][2] Therefore the desired characteristics for an endpoint detection are reliability, robustness, accuracy, adaptation,simplicity and real time processing etc[3]. This paper discusses a robust algorithm for the detection of speech and silence segments in an input speech signal based on Hidden Markov Models
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spelling utm.eprints-87572017-10-23T08:10:27Z http://eprints.utm.my/8757/ Speech Signal Endpoint Detection Using Hidden Markov Models Ahmed, M. Masroor Ahmed, Abdul Manan Othman, Muhamad Razib Khan, Sheraz A major cause of errors in automatic speech recognition system is the inaccurate detection of the beginning and ending boundaries of test and reference patterns. Separation of speech and silence segments in automatic speech recognition algorithms occupies a fundamental position. The improper demarcation of these segments reduces system’s efficiency, since;the system has to execute processing on the portion of segments which are not needed. A comprehensive evaluation of ASR systems showed that more than half of the recognition errors are caused due to wrong word boundary detection [1][2] Therefore the desired characteristics for an endpoint detection are reliability, robustness, accuracy, adaptation,simplicity and real time processing etc[3]. This paper discusses a robust algorithm for the detection of speech and silence segments in an input speech signal based on Hidden Markov Models Journal Quality and Technology Management 2006 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://eprints.utm.my/8757/1/JQTM-v2-n1.pdf Ahmed, M. Masroor and Ahmed, Abdul Manan and Othman, Muhamad Razib and Khan, Sheraz (2006) Speech Signal Endpoint Detection Using Hidden Markov Models. Speech Signal Endpoint Detection Using Hidden Markov Models. . pp. 35-39. (Submitted)
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Ahmed, Abdul Manan
Othman, Muhamad Razib
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Speech Signal Endpoint Detection Using Hidden Markov Models
title Speech Signal Endpoint Detection Using Hidden Markov Models
title_full Speech Signal Endpoint Detection Using Hidden Markov Models
title_fullStr Speech Signal Endpoint Detection Using Hidden Markov Models
title_full_unstemmed Speech Signal Endpoint Detection Using Hidden Markov Models
title_short Speech Signal Endpoint Detection Using Hidden Markov Models
title_sort speech signal endpoint detection using hidden markov models
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