The second 'CHiME'speech separation and recognition challenge: An overview of challenge systems and outcomes
Distant-microphone automatic speech recognition (ASR) remains a challenging goal in
everyday environments involving multiple background sources and reverberation. This …
everyday environments involving multiple background sources and reverberation. This …
The PASCAL CHiME speech separation and recognition challenge
Distant microphone speech recognition systems that operate with human-like robustness
remain a distant goal. The key difficulty is that operating in everyday listening conditions …
remain a distant goal. The key difficulty is that operating in everyday listening conditions …
The second 'CHiME'speech separation and recognition challenge: Datasets, tasks and baselines
Distant-microphone automatic speech recognition (ASR) remains a challenging goal in
everyday environments involving multiple background sources and reverberation. This …
everyday environments involving multiple background sources and reverberation. This …
A multichannel MMSE-based framework for speech source separation and noise reduction
We propose a new framework for joint multichannel speech source separation and acoustic
noise reduction. In this framework, we start by formulating the minimum-mean-square error …
noise reduction. In this framework, we start by formulating the minimum-mean-square error …
Cracking the cocktail party problem by multi-beam deep attractor network
While recent progresses in neural network approaches to singlechannel speech separation,
or more generally the cocktail party problem, achieved significant improvement, their …
or more generally the cocktail party problem, achieved significant improvement, their …
[PDF][PDF] Discriminative methods for noise robust speech recognition: A CHiME challenge benchmark
The recently introduced second CHiME challenge is a difficult two-microphone speech
recognition task with non-stationary interference. Current approaches in the source …
recognition task with non-stationary interference. Current approaches in the source …
Probabilistic spatial dictionary based online adaptive beamforming for meeting recognition in noisy and reverberant environments
Here we propose online adaptive beamforming for automatic speech recognition (ASR) in
meetings in noisy, reverberant environments. The proposed method is based on recently …
meetings in noisy, reverberant environments. The proposed method is based on recently …
The CHiME challenges: Robust speech recognition in everyday environments
The CHiME challenge series has been aiming to advance the development of robust
automatic speech recognition for use in everyday environments by encouraging research at …
automatic speech recognition for use in everyday environments by encouraging research at …
Modelling non-stationary noise with spectral factorisation in automatic speech recognition
Speech recognition systems intended for everyday use must be able to cope with a large
variety of noise types and levels, including highly non-stationary multi-source mixtures. This …
variety of noise types and levels, including highly non-stationary multi-source mixtures. This …
Uncertainty-based learning of acoustic models from noisy data
We consider the problem of acoustic modeling of noisy speech data, where the uncertainty
over the data is given by a Gaussian distribution. While this uncertainty has been exploited …
over the data is given by a Gaussian distribution. While this uncertainty has been exploited …