Robust double-talk detection and recovery in a system for echo cancelation

摘要

Echoes caused by discontinuities in a telecommunications transmission lines cause double talk which cause divergence problems with echo cancellers. Divergence problems in echo cancellers cause considerable problems in interactive caller response systems, they cause less problems if all parties to a call are human. One of the biggest problems is the effect of the echoes on automatic speech recognition systems. The echo canceller method and system presented cancels echoes to reduce their interference with ASR and yet provides stability in the presence of double talk.