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Fundamentals

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The fundamentals of speech production, automatic speech processing and the components of a complete system for self-learning speaker identification and speech recognition are introduced in this chapter.

In the first section discussion starts with speech production to gain insight into speech and the problem of speaker variability. A simple yet effective model is provided to simplify the understanding of the algorithms handling speaker variability and speech characteristics.

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Herbig, T., Gerl, F., Minker, W. (2011). Fundamentals. In: Self-Learning Speaker Identification. Signals and Communication Technology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-19899-1_2

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  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-19899-1_2

  • Publisher Name: Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg

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