AbstractsLanguage, Literature & Linguistics

Rapid Generation of Pronunciation Dictionaries for new Domains and Languages

by Tim Schlippe




Institution: Universität Karlsruhe
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Year: 2014
Keywords: Pronunciation modeling; rapid language adaptation; multilingual speech recognition; Web-based tools; crowdsourcing
Record ID: 1118073
Full text PDF: http://digbib.ubka.uni-karlsruhe.de/volltexte/documents/3369165


Abstract

This dissertation presents innovative strategies and methods for the rapid generation of pronunciation dictionaries for new domains and languages. Depending on various conditions, solutions are proposed and developed. Starting from the straightforward scenario in which the target language is present in written form on the Internet and the mapping between speech and written language is close up to the difficult scenario in which no written form for the target language exists.