input: Text: Grad A: OK. We seem to be recording. Professor G: Alright! Grad A: So, sorry about not <unk>disfmarker<unk> Professor G: We're not crashing. PhD D: Number four. Grad A: not pre - doing everything. The lunch went a little later than I was expecting, Chuck. PhD E: Hmm? Professor G: OK. PhD B: Chuck was telling too many jokes, or something? Grad A: Yep. Pretty much. PhD E: Yeah. Professor G: OK. <unk>vocalsound<unk> Does anybody have an agenda? Grad A: No. Postdoc F: Well, I'm <unk>disfmarker<unk> I sent a couple of items. They're <unk>disfmarker<unk> they're sort of practical. Professor G: I thought <unk>pause<unk> somebody had. Postdoc F: I don't know if you're <unk>disfmarker<unk> Professor G: Yeah, that's right. Postdoc F: if <unk>disfmarker<unk> if that's too practical for what we're <unk>pause<unk> focused on. Grad A: I mean, we don't want anything too practical. Professor G: Yeah, we only want th useless things. Grad A: Yeah, that would be <unk>disfmarker<unk> Professor G: Yeah. No, why don't we talk about practical things? Postdoc F: OK. Professor G: Sure. Postdoc F: Well, um, I can <unk>pause<unk> give you an update on the <unk>pause<unk> transcription effort. Professor G: Great. Postdoc F: Uh, maybe <unk>nonvocalsound<unk> raise the issue of microphone, uh, um procedures with reference to the <unk>pause<unk> cleanliness of the recordings. Professor G: OK, transcription, uh, microphone issues <unk>disfmarker<unk> Postdoc F: And then maybe <unk>nonvocalsound<unk> ask, th
  Question: What problems were faced due to overlaps?
  Answer:
output: There is no channel identifier to help in encoding speaker overlaps. Speech uttered while laughing is problematic for ASR. So far, speaker mn005's attempts to detect speaker overlap have been unsuccessful, as it has not been possible to normalize energy as a reliable indicator of overlap.