# Hidden Markov Model in Speech

Different word can have different audio signal.

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HMM can be trained on :

  • phoenemes
  • syllables
  • words
  • group of words

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Training get a bit difficult with continous speech If we used words, we would need a HMM for every word combination.

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So might be better to use phoenemes. If we have 40 phoenemes, we might hava total 40^2 hmms.

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