Modeling Monosyllabic Words

System

WER***

Misses****

False Alarms****

200 Word Models + 632 Syllables + Triphones*
49.3%
46.1% 41.6%

800 Syllables + Triphones* 51.7% 46.9% 43.9%

800 Syllables + Monophones** 55.1% 52.5% 44.3%

Triphones* 49.8% 47.1% 41.3%

* Baseline Word Internal Triphones ** Syllables from Baseline syllable system and monophones from baseline monophone system *** WS 97 Linguistically Segmented Dev Set from SWITCHBOARD **** Calculated only on the top 200 Monosyllabic Words

System	WER***	Misses****	False Alarms****
200 Word Models + 632 Syllables + Triphones*	49.3%	46.1%	41.6%
800 Syllables + Triphones*	51.7%	46.9%	43.9%
800 Syllables + Monophones**	55.1%	52.5%	44.3%
Triphones*	49.8%	47.1%	41.3%