Speech recognition using energy parameters to classify syllables in the Spanish language

Sergio Suárez Guerra, José Luis Oropeza Rodríguez, Edgardo M.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 parameter increases speech recognition by 5% when compared with recognition using STTEF in discontinuous speech and improved more than 1.5% in continuous speech with three states. When the number of states is incremented to five, the recognition rate is improved proportionally to 97.5% for the discontinuous speech and to 80.5% for the continuous one.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProgress in Pattern Recognition, Image Analysis and Applications - 10th Iberoamerican Congress on Pattern Recognition, CIARP 2005, Proceedings
Pages161-170
Number of pages10
DOIs
StatePublished - 2005
Event10th Iberoamerican Congress on Pattern Recognition, CIARP 2005 - Havana, Cuba
Duration: 15 Nov 200518 Nov 2005

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume3773 LNCS
ISSN (Print)0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)1611-3349

Conference

Conference10th Iberoamerican Congress on Pattern Recognition, CIARP 2005
Country/TerritoryCuba
CityHavana
Period15/11/0518/11/05

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