Indian Journal of Industrial and Applied Mathematics
  • Year: 2016
  • Volume: 7
  • Issue: 2

Creation and Analysis of (Agriculturally) Speech Database for Uttarakhand

  • Author:
  • Manoj Kumar Riyal1,, Vinod Prasad Khanduri2,, Nikhil Kumar Rajput3,, Nagma Irfan4,
  • Total Page Count: 7
  • Published Online: Dec 1, 2016
  • Page Number: 181 to 187

1Department of Physics, Government Post Graduate College, Pauri Garhwal, Uttarakhand

2Department of Forestry, VCSG Uttarakhand University of Horticulture and Forestry, Tehri Garhwal, Uttarakhand

3Ramanujan College, University of Delhi, New Delhi

4Sharda University, Greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh

*(Corresponding Author) E-mail-id: nagmairfanmath@gmail.com

**manoj.riyal@gmail.com

***khandurivp@yahoo.com

****nikhilrajput@gmail.com

Abstract

This study is aimed to develop speech recognition database and investigate acoustic characteristics of Hindi/Garhwali vernacular used in the Garhwal region of Uttarakhand,India, ultimately to develop a spoken language interface to reap the benefits of Information and Communication Technology by farmers. A speech database of words and sentences has been created with emphasis on agricultural commodities and acoustic properties were studied. The outcome of this study will be useful for implementing speech interfaces that will be very helpful to farmers as well as people of Uttarakhand.

Keywords

Acoustic-phonetic, Speech recognition, Phonemes, Phonetic pronunciation, Linguistic Data Consortium