Method and Apparatus for Efficient I-Vector Extraction

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13762213

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Most speaker recognition systems use i-vectors which are compact representations of speaker voice characteristics. Typical i-vector extraction procedures are complex in terms of computations and memory usage. According an embodiment, a method and corresponding apparatus for speaker identification, comprise determining a representation for each component of a variability operator, representing statistical inter- and intra-speaker variability of voice features with respect to a background statistical model, in terms of an orthogonal operator common to all components of the variability operator and having a first dimension larger than a second dimension of the components of the variability operator; computing statistical voice characteristics of a particular speaker using the determined representations; and employing the statistical voice characteristics of the particular speaker in performing speaker recognition. Computing the voice characteristics, by using the determined representations, results in significant reduction in memory usage and substantial increase in execution speed.

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NUANCE COMMUNICATIONS INC1 WAYSIDE ROAD BURLINGTON MA 01803

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Cumani, Sandro Torino, IT 3 99
Laface, Pietro Torino, IT 4 128

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