Current speech recognition systems are based on speaker independent
speech models and suffer from inter-speaker variations in speech signal
characteristics. This work develops an integrated approach for speech
and speaker recognition in order to gain space for self-learning
opportunities of the system. This work introduces a reliable speaker
identification which enables the speech recognizer to create robust
speaker dependent models In addition, this book gives a new approach to
solve the reverse problem, how to improve speech recognition if speakers
can be recognized. The speaker identification enables the speaker
adaptation to adapt to different speakers which results in an optimal
long-term adaptation.