Distant Speech Beamforming Improving Multi-User ASR

Kupryjanow A, Rao R R, Maziewski P, Kurylo L. Distant Speech Beamforming Improving Multi-User ASR. In: AES Convention 144. Audio Engineering Society; 2018. Paper 429. Available from: https://aes.org/publications/elibrary-page/?id=19542

@inproceedings{Kupryjanow2018_19542,
  author = {Kupryjanow, Adam and Rao R, Raghavendra and Maziewski, Przemek and Kurylo, Lukasz},
  title = {{Distant Speech Beamforming Improving Multi-User ASR}},
  booktitle = {AES Convention 144},
  note = {Paper 429},
  year = {2018},
  month = may,
  publisher = {Audio Engineering Society},
  url = {https://aes.org/publications/elibrary-page/?id=19542}
}

TY  - CPAPER
TI  - Distant Speech Beamforming Improving Multi-User ASR
AU  - Kupryjanow, Adam
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AU  - Maziewski, Przemek
AU  - Kurylo, Lukasz
T2  - AES Convention 144
M1  - Paper 429
PY  - 2018
DA  - 2018/05/06
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PB  - Audio Engineering Society
LA  - en
AB  - In this paper an algorithm that improves side speaker attenuation for super directive beamformer like MVDR (Minimum Variance Distortionless Response) is presented. This technique can be utilized in a scenario where there are multiple people in a room intending to interact with an ASR- (automatic speech recognition) enabled device, e.g., smart speaker. The experiments show that the proposed solution gives a reduction of WER (word error rate) up to 23.93% calculated for command uttered by one user when a second user was treated as the side speaker.
ER  -