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Automatic phonetic segmentation
This paper presents the results and conclusions of a thorough study on automatic phonetic segmentation. It starts with a review of the state of the art in this field. Then, it analyzes the most frequently used approach-based on a modified Hidden Markov Model (HMM) phonetic recognizer. For this appro...
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Published in: | IEEE transactions on speech and audio processing 2003-11, Vol.11 (6), p.617-625 |
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Main Authors: | , , |
Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Summary: | This paper presents the results and conclusions of a thorough study on automatic phonetic segmentation. It starts with a review of the state of the art in this field. Then, it analyzes the most frequently used approach-based on a modified Hidden Markov Model (HMM) phonetic recognizer. For this approach, a statistical correction procedure is proposed to compensate for the systematic errors produced by context-dependent HMMs, and the use of speaker adaptation techniques is considered to increase segmentation precision. Finally, this paper explores the possibility of locally refining the boundaries obtained with the former techniques. A general framework is proposed for the local refinement of boundaries, and the performance of several pattern classification approaches (fuzzy logic, neural networks and Gaussian mixture models) is compared within this framework. The resulting phonetic segmentation scheme was able to increase the performance of a baseline HMM segmentation tool from 27.12%, 79.27%, and 97.75% of automatic boundary marks with errors smaller than 5, 20, and 50 ms, respectively, to 65.86%, 96.01%, and 99.31% in speaker-dependent mode, which is a reasonably good approximation to manual segmentation. |
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ISSN: | 1063-6676 2329-9290 1558-2353 2329-9304 |
DOI: | 10.1109/TSA.2003.813579 |