Measure of local speaking-rate for automatic speech recognition

Authors
Russell, MJ Ponting, KM Tomlinson, MJ
Citation
Mj. Russell et al., Measure of local speaking-rate for automatic speech recognition, ELECTR LETT, 35(10), 1999, pp. 787-789
Citations number
6
Categorie Soggetti
Eletrical & Eletronics Engineeing
Journal title
ELECTRONICS LETTERS
ISSN journal
00135194 → ACNP
Volume
35
Issue
10
Year of publication
1999
Pages
787 - 789
Database
ISI
SICI code
0013-5194(19990513)35:10<787:MOLSFA>2.0.ZU;2-1
Abstract
The effect of phone-level speaking rate on speech recogniser performance is investigated. It is shown that deviation from the mean phone-level rate is correlated with the phone recognition error, and that the interval length for rate calculation is important, with optimal values of approximately fou r and 15 phones. A rate compensation algorithm is proposed.