Feature Extraction and Context-Dependent Acoustic Modeling for Robust Speech Recognition
摘要
In Northern India, underscoring the need for Automatic Speech Recognition (ASR) systems specifically tailored to regional language. Most existing ASR systems are primarily developed for English and other European languages, typically utilizing feature extraction techniques such as Mel-Frequency Cepstral Coefficients (MFCC) and Perceptual Linear Prediction (PLP), which may not perform effectively in real-world scenarios. This study investigates and compares various feature extraction methods to determine the most suitable approach for Punjabi speech recognition under both clean and noisy conditions. It also evaluates the performance of different acoustic models, with particular emphasis on Context-Dependent (CD) models. Experimental results demonstrate that MFCC features achieve a Word Error Rate (WER) of 12% in clean environments, while Gammatone Frequency Cepstral Coefficients (GFCCs) result in a WER of 14.8% in noisy environments, both using a Bidirectional Long Short-Term Memory (BLSTM) model.