Nuance Communications, Inc.
METHOD FOR MICROPHONE SELECTION AND MULTI-TALKER SEGMENTATION WITH AMBIENT AUTOMATED SPEECH RECOGNITION (ASR)

Abstract:

Disclosed methods and systems are directed to determining a best microphone pair and segmenting sound signals. The methods and systems may include receiving a collection of sound signals comprising speech from one or more audio sources (e.g., meeting participants) and/or background noise. The methods and systems may include calculating a TDOA and determining, based on the TDOA and via robust statistics, the best pair of microphones. The methods and systems may also include segmenting sound signals from multiple sources.