Recursive forced alignment: A test on a minority language
Gonzalez Ochoa, Simon; Travis, Catherine; Grama, James; Barth, Danielle; Ananthanarayan, Sunkulp
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We compare recursive and linear approaches to force-aligned data from Matukar Panau, an endangered language of Papua New Guinea. Data were force aligned with the train/align procedure in the Montreal Forced Aligner. Using manual alignments produced by a trained phonetician as a benchmark, the recursive approach was found to outperform the linear approach. The recursive approach produced alignments that overlapped more with those made by human coders, and resulted in fewer fluctuations in both...[Show more]
dc.contributor.author | Gonzalez Ochoa, Simon | |
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dc.contributor.author | Travis, Catherine | |
dc.contributor.author | Grama, James | |
dc.contributor.author | Barth, Danielle | |
dc.contributor.author | Ananthanarayan, Sunkulp | |
dc.contributor.editor | Epps, J. | |
dc.contributor.editor | Wolfe, J. | |
dc.contributor.editor | Smith, J. | |
dc.contributor.editor | Jones, C. | |
dc.coverage.spatial | Sydney, Australia | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2019-12-06T01:08:21Z | |
dc.date.created | December 4-7 2018 | |
dc.identifier.isbn | 2207-1296 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1885/188456 | |
dc.description.abstract | We compare recursive and linear approaches to force-aligned data from Matukar Panau, an endangered language of Papua New Guinea. Data were force aligned with the train/align procedure in the Montreal Forced Aligner. Using manual alignments produced by a trained phonetician as a benchmark, the recursive approach was found to outperform the linear approach. The recursive approach produced alignments that overlapped more with those made by human coders, and resulted in fewer fluctuations in both Overlap Rate and Error Rate. We conclude that a recursive approach enhances the quality of automated alignment of languages lacking a pre-existing acoustic model. | |
dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | |
dc.language.iso | en_AU | |
dc.publisher | The Australasian Speech Science and Technology Association, Inc. | |
dc.relation.ispartofseries | 17th Australasian International Conference on Speech Science and Technology | |
dc.rights | © 2018 ASSTA | |
dc.source | Proceedings of the 17th Australasian International Conference on Speech Science and Technology | |
dc.subject | forced alignment | |
dc.subject | accuracy | |
dc.subject | robustness | |
dc.subject | recursion | |
dc.subject | minority language | |
dc.title | Recursive forced alignment: A test on a minority language | |
dc.type | Conference paper | |
local.description.notes | Imported from ARIES | |
local.description.refereed | Yes | |
dc.date.issued | 2018-12-04 | |
local.identifier.absfor | 200408 - Linguistic Structures (incl. Grammar, Phonology, Lexicon, Semantics) | |
local.identifier.ariespublication | u9803255xPUB2323 | |
local.publisher.url | https://assta.org | |
local.type.status | Published Version | |
local.contributor.affiliation | Gonzalez Ochoa, Simon, College of Arts and Social Sciences, ANU | |
local.contributor.affiliation | Travis, Catherine, College of Arts and Social Sciences, ANU | |
local.contributor.affiliation | Grama, James, College of Arts and Social Sciences, ANU | |
local.contributor.affiliation | Barth, Danielle, College of Asia and the Pacific, ANU | |
local.contributor.affiliation | Ananthanarayan, Sunkulp, University of Texas at Austin | |
local.description.embargo | 2037-12-31 | |
local.bibliographicCitation.startpage | 145 | |
local.bibliographicCitation.lastpage | 148 | |
local.identifier.absseo | 970122 - Expanding Knowledge in Philosophy and Religious Studies | |
dc.date.updated | 2019-07-21T08:16:33Z | |
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