Skip to main navigation Skip to search Skip to main content

Improving the characterization of the alternative hypothesis via kernel discriminant analysis for likelihood ratio-based speaker verification

  • Yi Hsiang Chao
  • , Wei Ho Tsai
  • , Hsin Min Wang
  • , Ruei Chuan Chang

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingConference contributionpeer-review

2 Scopus citations

Abstract

The performance of a likelihood ratio-based speaker verification system is highly dependent on modeling of the target speaker's voice (the null hypothesis) and characterization of non-target speakers' voices (the alternative hypothesis). To better characterize the ill-defined alternative hypothesis, this study proposes a new likelihood ratio measure based on a composite-structure Gaussian mixture model, the so-called GMM2. Motivated by the combined use of a variety of background models to represent the alternative hypothesis, GMM2 is designed with an inner set of mixture weights connected to the significance of each individual Gaussian density, and an outer set of mixture weights connected to the significance of each individual background model. Through the use of kernel discriminant analysis namely, Kernel Fisher Discriminant (KFD) or Support Vector Machine (SVM), GMM2 is trained in such a manner that the utterances of the null hypothesis can be optimally separated from those of the alternative hypothesis.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationINTERSPEECH 2006 and 9th International Conference on Spoken Language Processing, INTERSPEECH 2006 - ICSLP
PublisherInternational Speech Communication Association
Pages493-496
Number of pages4
ISBN (Print)9781604234497
StatePublished - 2006
EventINTERSPEECH 2006 and 9th International Conference on Spoken Language Processing, INTERSPEECH 2006 - ICSLP - Pittsburgh, PA, United States
Duration: 17 Sep 200621 Sep 2006

Publication series

NameProceedings of the Annual Conference of the International Speech Communication Association, INTERSPEECH
Volume1
ISSN (Electronic)1990-9772

Conference

ConferenceINTERSPEECH 2006 and 9th International Conference on Spoken Language Processing, INTERSPEECH 2006 - ICSLP
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityPittsburgh, PA
Period17/09/0621/09/06

Keywords

  • Kernel Fisher discriminant
  • Likelihood ratio
  • Speaker verification
  • Support vector machine

Fingerprint

Dive into the research topics of 'Improving the characterization of the alternative hypothesis via kernel discriminant analysis for likelihood ratio-based speaker verification'. Together they form a unique fingerprint.

Cite this