Presentation 2015-10-16
Multi-modal speech recognition using deep bottleneck features
Satoshi Tamura, Hiroshi Ninomiya, Norihide Kitaoka, Shin Osuga, Yurie Iribe, Kazuya Takeda, Satoru Hayamizu,
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Abstract(in English) In this paper, we propose a novel multi-modal speech recognition method which uses speech and lip images, employing Deep BottleNeck Features (DBNFs). At first, we incorporated several kinds of basic visual features, then significant improvement of visual-only speech recognition (lipreading) was observed. Next, we applied the DBNF technique to MFCCs in the audio modality and the above features in the visual modality, to obtain audio and visual DBNFs respectively. By using these DBNFs and multi-stream HMMs, we achieved more than 75% recognition accuracy even in heavily noisy conditions. In addition, we found recognition performance can be sufficiently improved by performing voice activity detection in the visual modality.
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Keyword(in English) multi-modal speech recognition / lipreading / bottleneck feature / deep learning / voice activity detection
Paper # SP2015-69
Date of Issue 2015-10-08 (SP)

Conference Information
Committee SP
Conference Date 2015/10/15(2days)
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Place (in English) Kobe Univ.
Topics (in Japanese) (See Japanese page)
Topics (in English) Speech interface, Synthesis, Dialogue, Application system, etc.
Chair Kazunori Mano(Shibaura Inst. of Tech.)
Vice Chair Norihide Kitaoka(Tokushima Univ.)
Secretary Norihide Kitaoka(Tokyo City Univ.)
Assistant Takashi Nose(Tohoku Univ.) / Taichi Asami(NTT)

Paper Information
Registration To Technical Committee on Speech
Language JPN
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Title (in English) Multi-modal speech recognition using deep bottleneck features
Sub Title (in English)
Keyword(1) multi-modal speech recognition
Keyword(2) lipreading
Keyword(3) bottleneck feature
Keyword(4) deep learning
Keyword(5) voice activity detection
1st Author's Name Satoshi Tamura
1st Author's Affiliation Gifu University(Gifu Univ)
2nd Author's Name Hiroshi Ninomiya
2nd Author's Affiliation Nagoya University(Nagoya Univ)
3rd Author's Name Norihide Kitaoka
3rd Author's Affiliation Tokushima University(Tokushima Univ)
4th Author's Name Shin Osuga
4th Author's Affiliation Aisin Seiki Co., Ltd.(Aisin Seiki)
5th Author's Name Yurie Iribe
5th Author's Affiliation Aichi Prefectural University(Aichi Prefectural Univ)
6th Author's Name Kazuya Takeda
6th Author's Affiliation Nagoya University(Nagoya Univ)
7th Author's Name Satoru Hayamizu
7th Author's Affiliation Gifu University(Gifu Univ)
Date 2015-10-16
Paper # SP2015-69
Volume (vol) vol.115
Number (no) SP-253
Page pp.pp.57-62(SP),
#Pages 6
Date of Issue 2015-10-08 (SP)