Joint evaluation of multiple speech patterns for speech recognition and training

Authors:
Nishanth Ulhas Nair;T. V. Sreenivas
Affiliations:
Department of Electrical Communication Engineering, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore 560 012, India;Department of Electrical Communication Engineering, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore 560 012, India
Venue:
Computer Speech and Language
Year:
2010

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Abstract

We are addressing the novel problem of jointly evaluating multiple speech patterns for automatic speech recognition and training. We propose solutions based on both the non-parametric dynamic time warping (DTW) algorithm, and the parametric hidden Markov model (HMM). We show that a hybrid approach is quite effective for the application of noisy speech recognition. We extend the concept to HMM training wherein some patterns may be noisy or distorted. Utilizing the concept of ''virtual pattern'' developed for joint evaluation, we propose selective iterative training of HMMs. Evaluating these algorithms for burst/transient noisy speech and isolated word recognition, significant improvement in recognition accuracy is obtained using the new algorithms over those which do not utilize the joint evaluation strategy.