Robust automatic transcription of lectures

Automatic transcription of lectures is becoming an important task. Possible applications can be found in the fields of automatic translation or summarization, information retrieval, digital libraries, education and communication research. Ideally those systems would operate on distant recordings, fr...

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Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: KIT Scientific Publishing 2009
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Summary:Automatic transcription of lectures is becoming an important task. Possible applications can be found in the fields of automatic translation or summarization, information retrieval, digital libraries, education and communication research. Ideally those systems would operate on distant recordings, freeing the presenter from wearing body-mounted microphones. This task, however, is surpassingly difficult, given that the speech signal is severely degraded by background noise and reverberation.
Physical Description:1 online resource (XXVI, 173 p. p.)
ISBN:9783866443945
KSP/1000011992
Access:Open Access