Design of a Plugin-based Approach for Word-per-Word Alignment Using Automatic Speech ...

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Design of a Plugin-based Approach for Word-per-Word
Alignment Using Automatic Speech Recognition
Joke Van den Mergele
Supervisor: Prof. dr. ir. Rik Van de Walle
Counsellors: Ir. Tom De Nies, Ir. Miel Vander Sande, Dr. Wesley De Neve, dhr. Kris
Carron
Master's dissertation submitted in order to obtain the academic degree of
Master of Science in de ingenieurswetenschappen: computerwetenschappen
Department of Electronics and Information Systems
Chairman: Prof. dr. ir. Jan Van Campenhout
Faculty of Engineering and Architecture
Academic year 2013-2014

CONFIDENTIAL UP TO AND INCLUDING 12/31/2013 - DO NOT COPY, DISTRIBUTE OR MAKE PUBLIC IN ANY WAY
Design of a Plugin-based Approach for Word-per-Word
Alignment Using Automatic Speech Recognition
Joke Van den Mergele
Supervisor: Prof. dr. ir. Rik Van de Walle
Counsellors: Ir. Tom De Nies, Ir. Miel Vander Sande, Dr. Wesley De Neve, dhr. Kris
Carron
Master's dissertation submitted in order to obtain the academic degree of
Master of Science in de ingenieurswetenschappen: computerwetenschappen
Department of Electronics and Information Systems
Chairman: Prof. dr. ir. Jan Van Campenhout
Faculty of Engineering and Architecture
Academic year 2013-2014

Word of Thanks
Firstly, I would like to thank my supervisor, prof. dr. ir. Rik Van de Walle, for allowing
the possibility of researching this dissertation. I would also like to thank my associate
supervisors dr. Wesley De Neve and ir. Tom De Nies, for their feedback and inspiration
during this year, as well as Kris Carron, without whom this dissertation would have never
existed.
I would like to thank my parents for allowing me to take up these studies, and my
partner, Niels, for his support and comfort when the end did not seem within sight.
Dankwoord
Ik zou als eerste graag mijn promoter, prof. dr. ir. Rik Van de Walle, bedanken om het
onderzoek naar deze thesis goed te keuren. Verder zou ik ook graag mijn begeleiders dr.
Wesley De Neve en ir. Tom De Nies bedanken voor hun feedback en motivatie gedurende
het hele jaar, alsook Kris Carron, aangezien deze thesis nooit mogelijk zou zijn geweest
zonder hem.
Mijn ouders wil ik ook graag bedanken omdat ze me de mogelijkheid hebben gegeven
deze studies te volgen. Als laatste wil ik mijn partner Niels bedanken voor zijn steun en
comfort op momenten wanneer het einde nog lang niet in zicht leek.
Joke Van den Mergele, June 2014
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Joke Van den Mergele, June 2014
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