A speech recognition system is subjected to the speech of non-native speakers, using both native and non-native acoustic phone models. The problems in- volved with the mapping of phoneset from the non- native to native language are investigated, and a detailed analysis of phone confusions is made. For Dutch speakers, British English acoustic models give the best word recognition results.
Cite as: Leeuwen, D.A.v., Orr, R. (1999) Speech recognition of non-native speechusing native and non-native acoustic models. Proc. Multi-Lingual Interoperability in Speech Technology, 13-18
@inproceedings{leeuwen99_mist,
author={David A. van Leeuwen and Rosemary Orr},
title={{Speech recognition of non-native speechusing native and non-native acoustic models}},
year=1999,
booktitle={Proc. Multi-Lingual Interoperability in Speech Technology},
pages={13--18}
}