What's Up with the Pronunciation Variation? Why It's So Hard to Model and What to Do About It
Center for Language & Speech Processing(CLSP), JHU via YouTube
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Explore the complexities of pronunciation variation in speech processing through this 78-minute lecture delivered by Dan Jurafsky from the University of Colorado, Boulder at Johns Hopkins University's Center for Language & Speech Processing. Delve into the fundamental challenges that pronunciation variation poses for computational models and discover potential approaches to address these modeling difficulties. Learn from Jurafsky's expertise spanning linguistics, computer science, and cognitive science as he examines why pronunciation variation remains one of the most persistent problems in speech and language processing, and gain insights into current research directions and methodological considerations for tackling this multifaceted issue.
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Dan Jurafsky: What's up with the pronunciation variation? Why it's so hard to model and what to d...
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Center for Language & Speech Processing(CLSP), JHU