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Explore pronunciation modeling techniques for Mandarin casual speech in this comprehensive workshop presentation from the Center for Language & Speech Processing's 2000 Summer Workshop. Learn from leading researchers including Pascale Fung, William Byrne, Tom Zheng, Veera Venkatramani, Umar Ruhi, Liu Yi, Zhanjiang Song, and Terri Kamm as they present their findings on computational approaches to understanding and modeling the phonetic variations that occur in informal Mandarin Chinese speech. Discover the challenges and methodologies involved in capturing the acoustic and linguistic properties of casual speech patterns, including pronunciation variations, phonetic reductions, and speech phenomena that differ from formal or read speech. Gain insights into the intersection of speech processing, computational linguistics, and Chinese language technology through detailed presentations of research methodologies, experimental results, and practical applications for automatic speech recognition and natural language processing systems targeting Mandarin Chinese.
