Apparatus and method for audio analysis

Data processing: speech signal processing – linguistics – language – Speech signal processing – Recognition

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ABSTRACT:
An apparatus and method for an improved audio analysis process is disclosed. The improvement concerns the accuracy level of the results and the rate of false alarms produced by the audio analysis process. The proposed apparatus and method provides a three-stage audio analysis route. The three-stage analysis process includes a pre-analysis stage, a main analysis stage and a post analysis stage.

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