ISCA Archive Odyssey 2008
ISCA Archive Odyssey 2008

NIST 2007 language recognition evaluation

Alvin F. Martin, Audrey N. Le

This paper discusses NISTÂ’s 2007 evaluation of language recognition. Some history of earlier NIST language evaluations is covered, and the test procedures and protocols, evaluation data used, and planned measures of performance for the 2007 evaluation are described. The participants and submissions of the 2007 evaluation are described, and preliminary information is included on the evaluation performance results after brief initial analysis.