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An Efficient tone classifier for speech recognition of Cantonese.

by Cheng Yat Ho. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1991. / Bibliography: leaves 106-108. / Chapter Chapter 1 --- Introduction --- p.1 / Chapter Chapter 2 --- Preliminary Considerations --- p.8 / Chapter 2.1 --- Tone System of Cantonese --- p.8 / Chapter 2.2 --- Tone Classification Systems --- p.14 / Chapter 2.3 --- Design of a Speech Corpus --- p.17 / Chapter Chapter 3 --- Feature Parameters for Tone Classification --- p.22 / Chapter 3.1 --- Methodology --- p.22 / Chapter 3.2 --- Endpoint Detection and Time Alignment --- p.23 / Chapter 3.3 --- Pitch --- p.27 / Chapter 3.3.1 --- Pitch Profile Extraction --- p.28 / Chapter 3.3.2 --- Evaluation of Pitch Profile --- p.33 / Chapter 3.3.3 --- Feature Parameters Derived from Pitch Profile --- p.40 / Chapter 3.4 --- Duration --- p.46 / Chapter 3.5 --- Energy --- p.49 / Chapter 3.5.1 --- Energy Profile Extraction --- p.49 / Chapter 3.5.2 --- Evaluation of Energy Profile --- p.50 / Chapter 3.6 --- Summary --- p.54 / Chapter Chapter 4 --- Implementation of the Tone Classification System --- p.56 / Chapter 4.1 --- Intrinsic Pitch Estimation --- p.59 / Chapter 4.2 --- The Classifier --- p.63 / Chapter 4.2.1 --- Neural Network --- p.64 / Chapter 4.2.2 --- Post-Processing Unit --- p.74 / Chapter Chapter 5 --- Performance Evaluation on the Tone Classification System --- p.76 / Chapter 5.1 --- Single Speaker Tone Classification --- p.77 / Chapter 5.2 --- Multi-Speaker and Speaker Independent Tone Classification --- p.82 / Chapter 5.2.1 --- Classification with no Phonetic Information --- p.83 / Chapter 5.2.2 --- Classification with Known Final Consonants --- p.88 / Chapter 5.3 --- Confidence Improvement of the Recognition Results --- p.95 / Chapter 5.4 --- Summary --- p.101 / Chapter Chapter 6 --- Conclusions and Discussions --- p.102 / References --- p.106 / Chapter Appendix A --- Vocabulary of the Speech Corpus --- p.A1-A4 / Chapter Appendix B --- Statistics of the Pitch Profiles --- p.Bl-Bl5 / Chapter Appendix C --- Statistics of the Energy Profiles --- p.Cl-Cl1 / RESULTS

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:cuhk.edu.hk/oai:cuhk-dr:cuhk_318802
Date January 1991
ContributorsCheng, Yat Ho., Chinese University of Hong Kong Graduate School. Division of Electronic Engineering.
PublisherChinese University of Hong Kong
Source SetsThe Chinese University of Hong Kong
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeText, bibliography
Formatprint, v, 108, [30] leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
RightsUse of this resource is governed by the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons “Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International” License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/)

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