Cross-words reference template for DTW-based speech recognition systems

One of the main problems in dynamic time-warping (DTW) based speech recognition systems are the preparation of reliable reference templates for the set of words to be recognised. This paper presents a simple novel technique for preparing reliable reference templates to improve the recognition rate score. The developed technique produces templates called crosswords reference templates (CWRTs). It extracts the reference template from a set of examples rather than one example. This technique can be adapted to any DTW-based speech recognition systems to improve its performance. The speaker-dependent recognition rate, as tested on the English digits, is improved from 85.3%, using the traditional technique to 99%, using the developed technique.