Human-Centered AI for Disordered Speech Recognition - Katarzyna Foremniak

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00:00 DataTalks.Club intro

08:06 Background and career journey of Katarzyna

09:06 Transition from linguistics to computational linguistics

11:38 Merging linguistics and computer science

15:25 Understanding phonetics and morpho-syntax

17:28 Exploring morpho-syntax and its relation to grammar

20:33 Connection between phonetics and speech disorders

24:41 Improvement of voice recognition systems

27:31 Overview of speech recognition technology

30:24 Challenges of ASR systems with atypical speech

30:53 Strategies for improving recognition of disordered speech

37:07 Data augmentation for training models

40:17 Transfer learning in speech recognition

42:18 Challenges of collecting data for various speech disorders

44:31 Stammering and its connection to fluency issues

45:16 Polish consonant combinations and pronunciation challenges

46:17 Use of Amazon Transcribe for generating podcast transcripts

47:28 Role of language models in speech recognition

49:19 Contextual understanding in speech recognition

51:27 How voice recognition systems analyze utterances

54:05 Personalization of ASR models for individuals

56:25 Language disorders and their impact on communication

58:00 Applications of speech recognition technology

1:00:34 Challenges of personalized and universal models

1:01:23 Voice recognition in automotive applications

1:03:27 Humorous voice recognition failures in cars

1:04:13 Closing remarks and reflections on the discussion

About the speaker:

Katarzyna is a computational linguist with over 10 years of experience in NLP and speech recognition. She has developed language models for automotive brands like Audi and Porsche and specializes in phonetics, morpho-syntax, and sentiment analysis.

Kasia also teaches at the University of Warsaw and is passionate about human-centered AI and multilingual NLP.

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