Interspeech 2007 will include Special Sessions on:
Synthesis of Singing Challenge, Gerrit Bloothooft, Utrecht University
Speech and Audio Processing for Intelligent Environments, Reinhold Haeb-Umbach, University of Paderborn and Zheng-Hua Tan, Aalborg University
Speech Recognition by Automatic Speech Attribute Transcription, Chin-Hui Lee, Georgia Institute of Technology
Structure-Based and Template-Based Automatic Speech Recognition - Comparing parametric and non-parametric approaches, Li Deng, Microsoft and Helmer Strik, Radboud University Nijmegen
Multilingualism in Speech and Language Processing, Jan Verhasselt, Tele Atlas
Novel techniques for the NATO non-native Air Traffic Control and HIWIRE cockpit databases, David van Leeuwen, TNO Human Factors and Alex Potamianos, Technical University of Crete
Objective assessment of voice and speech quality, Yannis Stylianou, University of Crete and Hugo Van hamme, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
Speech and language technology for less-resourced languages, Briony Williams, University of Wales, Mikel Forcada, Universitat d'Alacant and Kepa Sarasola, University of the Basque Country