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In recent years, advancements in the field of speech processing have led to cutting-edge deep learning algorithms with immense potential for real-world applications. The automated identification of stuttered speech is one of such…

Sound · Computer Science 2023-11-10 Huma Ameer , Seemab Latif , Rabia Latif , Sana Mukhtar

The performance bottleneck of Automatic Speech Recognition (ASR) in stuttering speech scenarios has limited its applicability in domains such as speech rehabilitation. This paper proposed an LLM-driven ASR-SED multi-task learning framework…

Sound · Computer Science 2025-05-29 Shangkun Huang , Jing Deng , Jintao Kang , Rong Zheng

Stuttered and dysfluent speech detection systems have traditionally suffered from the trade-off between accuracy and clinical interpretability. While end-to-end deep learning models achieve high performance, their black-box nature limits…

Sound · Computer Science 2025-09-19 Eric Zhang , Li Wei , Sarah Chen , Michael Wang

The ability to automatically detect stuttering events in speech could help speech pathologists track an individual's fluency over time or help improve speech recognition systems for people with atypical speech patterns. Despite increasing…

Audio and Speech Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-02-25 Colin Lea , Vikramjit Mitra , Aparna Joshi , Sachin Kajarekar , Jeffrey P. Bigham

In this paper we propose the Structured Deep Neural Network (Structured DNN) as a structured and deep learning algorithm, learning to find the best structured object (such as a label sequence) given a structured input (such as a vector…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2015-06-04 Yi-Hsiu Liao , Hung-Yi Lee , Lin-shan Lee

In this paper we propose the Structured Deep Neural Network (structured DNN) as a structured and deep learning framework. This approach can learn to find the best structured object (such as a label sequence) given a structured input (such…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2015-11-10 Yi-Hsiu Liao , Hung-yi Lee , Lin-shan Lee

Communication barriers pose significant challenges for individuals with hearing and speech impairments, often limiting their ability to effectively interact in everyday environments. This project introduces a real-time assistive technology…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-02-24 Brandone Fonya , Clarence Worrell

In this paper, we develop a deep learning based semantic communication system for speech transmission, named DeepSC-ST. We take the speech recognition and speech synthesis as the transmission tasks of the communication system, respectively.…

Audio and Speech Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-04-03 Zhenzi Weng , Zhijin Qin , Xiaoming Tao , Chengkang Pan , Guangyi Liu , Geoffrey Ye Li

Dysfluent speech detection is the bottleneck for disordered speech analysis and spoken language learning. Current state-of-the-art models are governed by rule-based systems which lack efficiency and robustness, and are sensitive to template…

This paper presents a novel approach named PASAD that detects changes in perceptually fluent speech acoustics of young children. Particularly, analysis of perceptually fluent speech enables identifying the speech-motor-control factors that…

Sound · Computer Science 2025-05-13 Yi Xiao , Harshit Sharma , Victoria Tumanova , Asif Salekin

When beginners learn to speak a non-native language, it is difficult for them to judge for themselves whether they are speaking well. Therefore, computer-assisted pronunciation training systems are used to detect learner mispronunciations.…

Audio and Speech Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-12-12 Kazuki Kawamura , Jun Rekimoto

Automatic classification of disordered speech can provide an objective tool for identifying the presence and severity of speech impairment. Classification approaches can also help identify hard-to-recognize speech samples to teach ASR…

Audio and Speech Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-07-09 Subhashini Venugopalan , Joel Shor , Manoj Plakal , Jimmy Tobin , Katrin Tomanek , Jordan R. Green , Michael P. Brenner

Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a mental disorder that can be developed after witnessing or experiencing extremely traumatic events. PTSD can affect anyone, regardless of ethnicity, or culture. An estimated one in every eleven…

Sound · Computer Science 2024-03-29 Mamadou Dia , Ghazaleh Khodabandelou , Alice Othmani

Automatic Speech Recognition (ASR) based on Recurrent Neural Network Transducers (RNN-T) is gaining interest in the speech community. We investigate data selection and preparation choices aiming for improved robustness of RNN-T ASR to…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2020-12-14 Valentin Mendelev , Tina Raissi , Guglielmo Camporese , Manuel Giollo

Speech sound disorder (SSD) is defined as a persistent impairment in speech sound production leading to reduced speech intelligibility and hindered verbal communication. Early recognition and intervention of children with SSD and timely…

Sound · Computer Science 2025-12-10 Saja Al Ani , Joanne Cleland , Ahmed Zoha

The adoption of advanced deep learning (DL) architecture in stuttering detection (SD) tasks is challenging due to the limited size of the available datasets. To this end, this work introduces the application of speech embeddings extracted…

Sound · Computer Science 2022-04-05 Shakeel Ahmad Sheikh , Md Sahidullah , Fabrice Hirsch , Slim Ouni

This paper proposes a simple and effective approach for automatic recognition of Cued Speech (CS), a visual communication tool that helps people with hearing impairment to understand spoken language with the help of hand gestures that can…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2022-04-12 Sanjana Sankar , Denis Beautemps , Thomas Hueber

This paper proposes a Convolutional Neural Network (CNN) inspired by Multitask Learning (MTL) and based on speech features trained under the joint supervision of softmax loss and center loss, a powerful metric learning strategy, for the…

Sound · Computer Science 2019-09-04 Suraj Tripathi , Abhiram Ramesh , Abhay Kumar , Chirag Singh , Promod Yenigalla

This paper presents the Speech Technology Center (STC) speaker recognition (SR) systems submitted to the VOiCES From a Distance challenge 2019. The challenge's SR task is focused on the problem of speaker recognition in single channel…

This paper presents a multi-label stuttering detection system trained on multi-corpus, multilingual data in English, German, and Mandarin.By leveraging annotated stuttering data from three languages and four corpora, the model captures…

Sound · Computer Science 2026-03-31 Felix Haas , Sebastian P. Bayerl