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simon Open-Source Speech Recognition Developed by the non profit organization Simon Listens in cooperation with Cyber-Byte IT services Introducing: David 17 years old Hobbies: Music TV Friends Girls Page 2 of 13

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Developed by the non profit organization Simon Listens in cooperation with Cyber-Byte IT services

Open-Source Speech Recognition

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Introducing: David

  • 17 years old
  • Hobbies:
  • Music
  • TV
  • Friends
  • Girls
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Introducing: David

  • 17 years old
  • Hobbies:
  • Music
  • TV
  • Friends
  • Girls
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The Challenge

  • According to EU: 6.4 % suffer from disabilities affecting

their arms and hands

  • 500 Mio * 6.4 % = ~ 32m
  • Reference: Finland + Norway + Sweden = ~ 20m
  • Same study: 0.4 % suffer from speech impairment
  • ~ 2m

Source: eurostat, [hlth_db_emtyag]

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simon: The Idea

  • Speech recognition system
  • Extremely flexible
  • Adapts to the user
  • Even speech impairments are no issue
  • Community: Potential
  • Free software
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simon: The Implementation

  • Based on
  • Julius
  • HTK
  • KDE4
  • C++
  • Supports
  • GNU/Linux
  • Windows
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Speech recognition

Speech model Language model Acoustic model Recognizer

  • Vocabulary
  • Grammar
  • Sounds
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Speech recognition

1.Recording utterance

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Speech recognition

1.Recording utterance 2.Parameterization

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Speech recognition

1.Recording utterance 2.Parameterization 3.Statistic comparison with acoustic model 4.Comparison with vocabulary and grammar 5.Output most probable solution

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simon: Flexibility

Speech model Language model Acoustic model Recognizer

  • Vocabulary
  • Grammar
  • Sounds
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simon: Flexibility

  • Language model: Scenarios
  • „Use-case-packages“

– Vocabulary – Grammar – Commands – Trainings texts

  • Acoustic model: Base models
  • Static
  • Adapted
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simon 0.3 alpha 3

  • Demonstration of simon 0.3:
  • Firefox
  • Amarok
  • XBMC
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Get involved

  • Donate speech: http://www.voxforge.org
  • Create and share scenarios
  • Software development
  • Translation and documentation
  • Contact: support@simon-listens.org
  • Me personally: grasch@simon-listens.org
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Questions?

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Thanks!