HEARINGS AND MISHEARINGS: DECRYPTING THE SPOKEN WORD

The power of the spoken word.

The Self-Organization of a Spoken Word

Pronunciation time probability density and hazard functions from large speeded word naming data sets were assessed for empirical patterns consistent with multiplicative and reciprocal feedback dynamics - interaction dominant dynamics. Lognormal and inverse power law distributions are associated with multiplicative and interdependent dynamics in many natural systems. Mixtures of lognormal and in...

Transforming Access to the Spoken Word

For thousands of years, the written word has held a special place in our lives. In part, this results from two key characteristics: durability and searchability. Over the past several decades, the spoken word has gradually acquired those characteristics. In our lifetimes, it seems reasonable to expect that trend to continue, and indeed to accelerate, as improvements in automatic speech recognit...

Word Segmentation in the Spoken Dutch Corpus

ELIS, University of Ghent, Sint-Pietersnieuwstraat 41, B-9000 Ghent, Belgium martens,odul,rvparijs @elis.rug.ac.be Dept Language & Speech, University of Nijmegen, P.O. Box 9103, 6500 HD Nijmegen, The Netherlands [email protected] ESAT, K.U.Leuven, Kasteelpark Arenberg 10, B-3001 Heverlee, Belgium kris.demuynck,tom.laureys,jacques.duchateau @esat.kuleuven.ac.be Abstract This paper describe...

Abstract—Spoken Paired Word Pattern

Spoken Paired Word Pattern Written by Administrator Tuesday, 15 March 2011 09:37 Last Updated Monday, 21 March 2011 07:49 Technologies that recognize short spoken words from a small, predefined vocabulary have been commercially available from many years. In this paper, Spoken Paired Word (SPW) as a whole word template has been explored for utility and suitability in real time system, which has ...