* Automatic speech recognition (ASR) systems have progressed to the point where humans can interact with computing devices using speech. However, the distance between a device and the speaker will cause a loss in speech quality and therefore impact the effectiveness of ASR performance. As such, there is a greater need to have reliable voice capture for far-field speech recognition. The launch of Amazon Echo devices prompted the use of far-field ASR in the consumer electronics space, as it allows its users to interact with the device from several meters away by using microphone array processing techniques.*

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