If it was not clear enough, "fancy stuff" and "not making a big difference" refers to Seide et al 2011 mentioned in the same paragraph. Table 2 is particularly revealing to this regard.
As I said I can only speak with more or less certainty regarding ASR. I am fairly sure that the success in ASR (with Google and MS embracing DNNs for ASR) contribute significantly to the mainstream impact of deep learning.
http://research.microsoft.com/apps/pubs/default.aspx?id=1531...
As I said I can only speak with more or less certainty regarding ASR. I am fairly sure that the success in ASR (with Google and MS embracing DNNs for ASR) contribute significantly to the mainstream impact of deep learning.