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Improving ultrasound-based multimodal speech recognition with predictive features from representation learning.
Hongcui Wang1, Pierre Roussel2, Bruce Denby2
1Zhejiang University of Water Resources and Electric Power, Hangzhou, China.
Predictive representation learning using ultrasound tongue imaging significantly improves speech recognition accuracy. This method outperforms traditional techniques by generating better features for acoustic models, especially when focusing on tongue movements.
Area of Science:
- Speech Technology
- Machine Learning
- Biomedical Imaging
Background:
- Representation learning aims to extract high-level features from temporal data.
- Accurate speech recognition relies on effective feature extraction from articulatory signals.
- Previous methods often struggle to capture complex dynamics in speech production.
Purpose of the Study:
- To evaluate the effectiveness of representation learning for speech recognition using articulatory data.
- To compare predictive features from a 3D CNN with traditional methods like auto-encoders and DCT.
- To assess the impact of combining tongue and lip imaging modalities on speech recognition performance.
Main Methods:
- A 3D convolutional neural network (CNN) was trained to predict future frames from ultrasound tongue and optical lip images.
- Extracted features were used in a continuous hidden Markov model (HMM) based speech recognition system.
- Performance was evaluated using word error rates (WER) against baseline methods and different acoustic models.
Main Results:
- Predictive tongue features significantly reduced word error rates compared to auto-encoder or DCT features.
- Improvements were observed for both Gaussian mixture model (GMM) and deep neural network (DNN) acoustic models.
- Combining tongue and lip modalities showed a reduced advantage for predictive features compared to single-modality use.
Conclusions:
- Representation learning, particularly using predictive features from ultrasound tongue imaging, enhances speech recognition.
- Predictive features offer a superior alternative to traditional feature extraction methods for articulatory speech data.
- Future research should explore optimal fusion strategies for multi-modal articulatory data in speech recognition.

