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1. Muhammad Adil RajaMuhammad Adil Raja
PakistanPakistan
ECE DepartmentECE Department
Foundation BuildingFoundation Building
Wireless Access Research GroupWireless Access Research Group

2. My Research ProjectMy Research Project
Non-intrusive Real-time quality of speechNon-intrusive Real-time quality of speech
assessment for VoIP.assessment for VoIP.

4. Hidden Markov Models HMMHidden Markov Models HMM
λλ=(A, B,=(A, B, ππ))
Discrete/Continuous.Discrete/Continuous.
Mixture density Function.Mixture density Function.
A few Gaussians.A few Gaussians.
P(O|P(O|λλ))
Expectation MaximizationExpectation Maximization
Finding the most likely state-sequence.Finding the most likely state-sequence.

5. Most Likely State SequenceMost Likely State Sequence
Which could have emitted the ObservationWhich could have emitted the Observation
Sequence.Sequence.
Its calculated based on Viterbi algorithm.Its calculated based on Viterbi algorithm.
It is based on dynamic programming.It is based on dynamic programming.
Breaks the problem into small parts andBreaks the problem into small parts and
arrives at a solution by enhancing a sub-arrives at a solution by enhancing a sub-
problem optimality criteria (Irrelevantproblem optimality criteria (Irrelevant
here).here).

6. Viterbi AlgorithmViterbi Algorithm

7. My ProblemMy Problem
In the context of speech recognition I amIn the context of speech recognition I am
looking for a configurable application fromlooking for a configurable application from
which I can access the Viterbi probability.which I can access the Viterbi probability.
HTK (Maaassive code and documentation)HTK (Maaassive code and documentation)
HMM ToolBox by Kevin Murphy (It isHMM ToolBox by Kevin Murphy (It is
generic, training is a huge problem).generic, training is a huge problem).
Sphinx4 by Carnegie melon university (ItSphinx4 by Carnegie melon university (It
has some potential and I am looking into it)has some potential and I am looking into it)

8. Thank you!Thank you!
I am looking for information and some niceI am looking for information and some nice
ideas.ideas.