Table 4.
Examples of the transcript processing algorithm applied to transcribed recordings from six speakers with varying levels of articulatory ability.
| Sample description | Ground truth buttercup count | Wav2DDK character-level transcript | Processed transcript | Estimated buttercup count |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Healthy speaker | 19 | BUTERCUP BUTERCUP BUTERCOP BUTERCOP BUTERCOP BUTERCOP BUTERCOP BUTERCOP BUTERCOP BUTERCOP BUTERCOP BUTERCOP BUTERCOP BUTERCOP BUTERCOP BUTERCOP BUTERCOP BUTERCOP BTERCUP BUTE | BUTERCU BUTERCU BUTERCO BUTERCO BUTERCO BUTERCO BUTERCO BUTERCO BUTERCO BUTERCO BUTERCO BUTERCO BUTERCO BUTERCO BUTERCO BUTERCO BUTERCO BUTERCO BTERCU | 19 |
| Mild dysarthria | 15 | PBUTTERGOUP BUTTERGUP PUTTERGUP BUTTERGUP BUTTERGUP BUTTERGUP PUTTERCUP PUTTERGUP BUTTERGUP PUTTERCUP BUTERGUP UTTERGUP BUTTERCUP PUTTERGUP PBUTTERGUP PU | BUTERCOU BUTERCU PUTERCU BUTERCU BUTERCU BUTERCU PUTERCU PUTERCU BUTERCU PUTERCU BUTERCU UTERCU BUTERCU PUTERCU BUTERCUP |
15 |
| Moderate dysarthria | 10 | BOTOF BATOF BA CAOF BOTOF BANOF BARNOF BANUM MOT OF BANOF BANOF BANO | BOTOF BATOF BA CAOF BOTOF BANOF BARNOF BANU BOT OF BANOF BANOF BANO | 10 |
| Severe dysarthria | 7 | MUTTER GOT BUTTER GOT MUTER GOT MUTER OTMUTER GUT MUTER GOT MUTER GOUT | MUTER COT BUTER COT MUTER COT MUTER OTMUTER CUT MUTER COT MUTER COUT | 6 |
| Severe dysarthria | 5 | MINOR OP BINDER OM MINOR OM MINORO MINOR OP | BINOR OP BINDER OM MINOR OM BINORO BINOR OP | 5 |
Note. Bolded letters indicate the landmark characters used to detect the count of the number of “buttercup” utterances in service of diadochokinetic (DDK) rate estimation.