Advances in meeting recognition

Alex Waibel, Hua Yu, Tanja Schultz, Yue Pan, Michael Bett, Martin Westphal, Hagen Soltau, Thomas Schaaf, Florian Metze

Abstract: Speech recognition has advanced considerably, but has been limited almost entirely either to situations in which close speaking microphones are natural and acceptable (telephone, dictation, command&control, etc.) or in which high-quality recordings are ensured. Furthermore, most recognition applications involve controlled recording environments, in which the user turns the recognition event on and off and speaks cooperatively for the purpose of being recognized.