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SUMMARY:What did I just hear? An introduction to Speech Recognition using 
 Hidden Markov Models - Joshua Wong\, Hughes Hall College
DTSTART:20161116T200000Z
DTEND:20161116T203000Z
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CONTACT:Matthew Ireland
DESCRIPTION:The science and study of speech recognition has been around fo
 r over half a century\, but it is only in the last decade or so that we ha
 ve seen a huge proliferation of Automated Speech Recognition technology. T
 he Hidden Markov Model is just as old\, and one of its first applications 
 was\, fittingly so\, for Speech Recognition. Despite the appearance of oth
 er Speech Recognition techniques\, the Hidden Markov Model has withstood t
 he test of time and remains as the most widely used approach for modern ge
 neral-purpose speech recognition systems.\n\nIn this talk we shall explore
  from first principles what speech is\, before delving into Hidden Markov 
 Models and the mathematical tools we will need for Speech Recognition. We 
 will look at how we can practically apply these tools in computer algorith
 ms and lastly take the step of turning acoustic signals into the meaningfu
 l words we are all familiar with.
LOCATION:Wolfson Hall\, Churchill College
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