Application of a weighted projection measure for robust hidden Markov model based speech recognition

Published 1 January 1991

B.A. Carlson, Mark A. Clements

DOI10.1109/icassp.1991.150490

Citations13

TL;DR

It is shown how the projection measure can be incorporated into a continuous density hidden Markov model system in the form of a weighted measure.

Abstract

The use of a projection-based cepstral measure for speech recognition in noise is investigated. Interpretations of the measure's spectral and perceptual significance are given, along with its application to cepstral, melcepstral, and delta parameters. It is shown how the projection measure can be incorporated into a continuous density hidden Markov model system in the form of a weighted measure. Both the case where these densities are unimodal Gaussians and mixtures of Gaussians are addressed. In recognition experiments, the weighted projection measure significantly outperformed the standard weighted Euclidean or Gaussian distance measure.>

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Computer Science

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