Speech recognition using energy, MFCCs and rho parameters to classify syllables in the Spanish language

Sergio Suárez Guerra, José Luis Oropeza Rodriguez, Edgardo Manuel Felipe Riveron, Jesús Figueroa Nazuno

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Abstract

This paper presents an approach for the automatic speech recognition using syllabic units. Its segmentation is based on using the Short-Term Total Energy Function (STTEF) and the Energy Function of the High Frequency (ERO parameter) higher than 3,5 KHz of the speech signal. Training for the classification of the syllables is based on ten related Spanish language rules for syllable splitting. Recognition is based on a Continuous Density Hidden Markov Models and the bigram model language. The approach was tested using two voice corpus of natural speech, one constructed for researching in our laboratory (experimental) and the other one, the corpus Latino40 commonly used in speech researches. The use of ERO and MFCCs parameter increases speech recognition by 5.5% when compared with recognition using STTEF in discontinuous speech and improved more than 2% in continuous speech with three states. When the number of states is incremented to five, the recognition rate is improved proportionally to 98% for the discontinuous speech and to 81 % for the continuous one.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationMICAI 2006
Subtitle of host publicationAdvances in Artificial Intelligence - 5th Mexican International Conference on Artificial Intelligence, Proceedings
PublisherSpringer Verlag
Pages1057-1066
Number of pages10
ISBN (Print)3540490264, 9783540490265
DOIs
StatePublished - 2006
Event5th Mexican International Conference on Artificial Intelligence, MICAI 2006: Advances in Artificial Intelligence - Apizaco, Mexico
Duration: 13 Nov 200617 Nov 2006

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume4293 LNAI
ISSN (Print)0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)1611-3349

Conference

Conference5th Mexican International Conference on Artificial Intelligence, MICAI 2006: Advances in Artificial Intelligence
Country/TerritoryMexico
CityApizaco
Period13/11/0617/11/06

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