diarization

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noun

In voice recognition, the process of partitioning an input audio stream into homogeneous segments according to the speaker identity, so as to identify different speakers' turns in a conversation.

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Meanings

noundiarization (uncountable)
  1. uncountableIn voice recognition, the process of partitioning an input audio stream into homogeneous segments according to the speaker identity, so as to identify different speakers' turns in a conversation.

    This work focus on a speaker clustering methods that are used in speaker diarization systems. The purpose of speaker clustering is to associate together segments that belong to the same speakers.

    2009, Vaclav Matousek, Pavel Mautner, Text, Speech and Dialogue: 12th International Conference, TSD 2009, Pilsen, Czech Republic, September 13-17, 2009. Proceedings, Springer Science & Business Media, →ISBN, page 210

Origin

From diarize + -ation or diary + -ization, since it creates a record of speaker changes over time.

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