Continuous speech recognition using hidden Markov models
- 1 July 1990
- journal article
- Published by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) in IEEE ASSP Magazine
- Vol. 7 (3), 26-41
- https://doi.org/10.1109/53.54527
Abstract
The use of hidden Markov models (HMMs) in continuous speech recognition is reviewed. Markov models are presented as a generalization of their predecessor technology, dynamic programming. A unified view is offered in which both linguistic decoding and acoustic matching are integrated into a single, optimal network search framework. Advances in recognition architectures are discussed. The fundamentals of Viterbi beam search, the dominant search algorithm used today in speed recognition, are presented. Approaches to estimating the probabilities associated with an HMM model are examined. The HMM-supervised training paradigm is examined. Several examples of successful HMM-based speech recognition systems are reviewed.Keywords
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