N-best based supervised and unsupervised adaptation for native and non-native speakers in cars
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Technology Laboratory, U.S.A N-BEST BASED SUPERVISED AND UNSUPERVISED ADAPTATION FOR NATIVE AND NON-NATIVE SPEAKERS IN CARS P. Nguyen1,2, Ph. Gelin1, J-C. Junqua1 and J-T. Chien3,* 1Panasonic Technologies Inc., Speech Technology Laboratory, Santa Barbara, California 2Institut Eurécom, Sophia-Antipolis, Cedex, France 3Depart. of Computer Science and Information Engineering, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan ([email protected]; gelin, [email protected]; [email protected])
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