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Online incremental adaptation of deep neural networks using auxiliary Gaussian mixture models in speech recognition

US9466292B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateMay 3, 2013
Grant dateOct 11, 2016
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Expiry dateOct 3, 2034

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG10L15/14
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Methods and systems for online incremental adaptation of neural networks using Gaussian mixture models in speech recognition are described. In an example, a computing device may be configured to receive an audio signal and a subsequent audio signal, both signals having speech content. The computing device may be configured to apply a speaker-specific feature transform to the audio signal to obtain a transformed audio signal. The speaker-specific feature transform may be configured to include speaker-specific speech characteristics of a speaker-profile relating to the speech content. Further, the computing device may be configured to process the transformed audio signal using a neural network trained to estimate a respective speech content of the audio signal. Based on outputs of the neural network, the computing device may be configured to modify the speaker-specific feature transform, and apply the modified speaker-specific feature transform to a subsequent audio signal.

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