The K-means algorithm is the most commonly used clustering method for phonetic vowel description but has some properties that may be sub-optimal representing data. This study compares with an alternative algorithm, OPTICS, in two speech styles (lab vs. conversational) English to test whether OPTICS a viable characterizing spaces. We find noisier data, identifies clusters more accurately represe...

In his “On the System of Conversational Thinking: An Overview”, and in talk he presented as part development this paper (similarly titled), Jonathan Chimakonam attempts first systematic fusion various components Conversationalism. I refer to ideas ‘SCT’ (short for Thinking) comments below. my response, make an effort largely ignore comparative aspects work. other words, am not too concerned wit...

Systems for keyword and non-linguistic vocalization detection in conversational agent applications need to be robust with respect to background noise and different speaking styles. Focussing on the Sensitive Artificial Listener (SAL) scenario which involves spontaneous, emotionally colored speech, this paper proposes a multi-stream model that applies the principle of Long Short-Term Memory to g...

This paper reports an investigation of features relevant for classifying two speaking styles, namely, conversational speaking style and clear (e.g. hyper-articulated) speaking style. Spectral and prosodic features were automatically extracted from speech and classified using decision tree classifiers and multilayer perceptrons to achieve accuracies of about 71% and 77% respectively. More intere...

We study the question of how intrinsic variations (associated with the speaker rather than the recording environment) affect text-independent speaker verification performance. Experiments using the SRI-FRTIV corpus, which systematically varies both vocal effort and speaking style, reveal that (1) “furtive” speech poses a significant challenge; (2) conversations and interviews, despite stylistic...

This study aims to find out the language styles used by Secondate in Instagram account captions. The writers did this based on word choice captions for product Milky Gel Lip Tint. theory of gaya bahasa berdasarkan pilihan kata or Keraf (2006), which utilizes three indicators, namely sentence length, structure, and vocabulary. also referred syntax Chaer (2007) standard Indonesian Prihantini (201...

While the overall performance of speech recognition systems continues to improve, they still show a dramatic increase in word error rate when tested on different speaking styles, i.e. when speakers for example want to make an important point during a meeting and change from sloppy speech to clear speech. Today’s speech recognizers are therefore not robust with respect to speaking style, althoug...

Background Conversational agents (CAs) for chronic disease management are receiving increasing attention in academia and the industry. However, long-term adherence to CAs is still a challenge needs be explored. Personalization of has potential improve and, with it, user satisfaction, task efficiency, perceived benefits, intended behavior change. Research on personalized already addressed differ...