Distinguish speakers

Recently, Xvectors and ECAPA-TDNN have been considered state-of-the-art models in designing speaker verification systems. This paper proposes a novel approach that combines Attentive statistic pooling-based Xvector and pre-trained ECAPA-TDNN for Vietnamese speaker verification. Experiments are conducted on various recent Vietnamese speech datasets.

6p viberkshire 09-08-2023 8 4   Download

This paper investigates the importance of learning collocations in increasing vocabulary resource in academic writing because collocational knowledge distinguishes native speakers and foreign language learners and is a significant factor in productive skills especially writing.

8p vimanama2711 28-07-2020 46 3   Download

Cue phrases are words and phrases such as now and by the way which m a y be used to convey explicit information about the structure of a discourse. However, while cue phrases may convey discourse structure, each m a y also be used to different effect. The question of h o w speakers and hearers distinguish between such uses of cue phrases has not been addressed in discourse studies to date. Based on a study of now in natural recorded discourse, we propose that cue and non-cue usage can be distinguished intonationally, on the basis of phrasing and...

9p bungio_1 03-05-2013 30 1   Download

In recent years, collocation has been widely acknowledged as an essential characteristic to distinguish native speakers from non-native speakers. Research on academic writing has also shown that collocations are not only common but serve a particularly important discourse function within the academic community. In our study, we propose a machine learning approach to implementing an online collocation writing assistant. We use a data-driven classifier to provide collocation suggestions to improve word choices, based on the result of classification. ...

5p hongdo_1 12-04-2013 48 3   Download

We could not have wished for a more distinguished speaker to give the first lecture than Jeff Wall. Depiction, Object, Event, written especially for this occasion, is an original and thought-provoking interpretation of developments in the art of the last century that have culminated over the past two decades in an alleged fusion of art and life. Today, artists are often regarded as the trendsetting members of a ‘creative class’ that is fully integrated within the tertiary sector of the global economy.

17p giamdocamnhac 06-04-2013 81 5   Download

Birth to Admission to the Bar, 1829 to 1855 II Service as City Attorney at Springfield, 1855 and 1856 III Election to the Illinois Legislature: Lincoln-Douglas Debates, 1856 to 1858 IV Other Distinguished Characters of that Day, 1858 and 1859 V Nomination of Lincoln and Douglas for the Presidency, 1859 and 1860 VI Speaker of the Illinois Legislature, and a Member of Congress, 1860 to 1865 VII Lincoln, 1860 to 1864 VIII Notables in the Thirty-ninth Congress, 1864 to 1870 IX The Impeachment of President Johnson X Speaker of the Legislature, and Governor, 1871 to 1883 XI Grant XII General John...

63p chonguoinoiay 23-02-2013 57 5   Download