METHOD OF AUTOMATICALLY CLASSIFYING SPEAKING RATE AND SPEECH RECOGNITION SYSTEM USING THE SAME

摘要

Provided are a method of automatically classifying a speaking rate and a speech recognition system using the method. The speech recognition system using automatic speaking rate classification includes a speech recognizer configured to extract word lattice information by performing speech recognition on an input speech signal, a speaking rate estimator configured to estimate word-specific speaking rates using the word lattice information, a speaking rate normalizer configured to normalize a word-specific speaking rate into a normal speaking rate when the word-specific speaking rate deviates from a preset range, and a rescoring section configured to rescore the speech signal whose speaking rate has been normalized.