Modeling Pronunciation Variation for Automatic Speech Recognition Rolduc, The Netherlands May 4-6, 1998

Modeling Pronunciation Variation for ASR: Overview and Comparison of Methods

Helmer Strik, Catia Cucchiarini

A2RT, Dept. of Language and Speech, University of Nijmegen, The Netherlands

In this contribution an overview is provided of the papers presented at this workshop. First, the most important characteristics that distinguish the various studies on pronunciation variation modeling are discussed. Subsequently, the issues of evaluation and comparison are addressed. Particular attention is paid to some of the most important factors that make it difficult to compare the different methods in an objective way. Finally, some conclusions are drawn as to the importance of objective evaluation and the way in which it could be carried out.

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Bibliographic reference.  Strik, Helmer / Cucchiarini, Catia (1998): "Modeling pronunciation variation for ASR: overview and comparison of methods", In MPV-1998, 137-144.