NDLI: Effect of characteristics of speakers on MSA ASR performance

Content Provider	IEEE Xplore Digital Library
Author	Droua-Hamdani, G. Sellouani, S. Boudraa, M.
Copyright Year	2013
Description	Author affiliation: LARIHS Lab., Univ. of Moncton, Shippagan, NB, Canada (Sellouani, S.) \|\| Speech Commun. Lab., USTHB, Algiers, Algeria (Boudraa, M.) \|\| Speech Process. Lab. (TAP), CRSTDLA, Algiers, Algeria (Droua-Hamdani, G.)
Abstract	The paper deals with speaker-independent Automatic Speech Recognition (ASR) system for continuous speech. The ASR system is developed for Modern Standard Arabic (MSA) using Hidden Markov Models and a phonetically balanced corpus. The paper investigates the effect of two sources of speech variability: gender of speakers and the regional accent between the northern and southern regions of Algeria. The results show that the Word Error Rate (WER) of the ASR varies significantly between different localities according to the regional accent and gender of speakers. Indeed, higher rates are obtained in regions that present a specific pronunciation of some Arabic phonemes. As regard to gender of speakers, recordings of females are more recognized than those produced by male speakers in particular in southern localities.
Sponsorship	IEEE United Arab Emirates Sect.
Starting Page	1
Ending Page	5
File Size	186361
Page Count	5
File Format	PDF
ISBN	9781467328203
e-ISBN	9781467328210
DOI	10.1109/ICCSPA.2013.6487262
Language	English
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Publisher Date	2013-02-12
Publisher Place	United Arab Emirates
Access Restriction	Subscribed
Rights Holder	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Subject Keyword	Training ASR Databases Error analysis Hidden Markov models Word error rate (WER) Speech recognition Gender of speakers Speech Educational institutions Regional accent MSA
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article

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