Spatially target adaptive speech masking–A pilot study on masking effect and annoyance

CTJ Hui, M Ikuta, M Obata, Y Hioka, T Arai - Applied Acoustics, 2021 - Elsevier
The present paper proposes a speech masking system framework that adapts to the
characteristics of the target speech. The characteristics are observed in three signal …

A case study of bootstrap masker quality assessment for speech-privacy protection

Y Kobayashi, K Kondo - 2017 - muroran-it.repo.nii.ac.jp
In this paper, we discuss the quality assessment of a new method for the generation of a
masker for speech privacy protection. This masker includes speech characteristics that …

Listening difficulty assessment for real-time bootstrap masking system

Y Kobayashi, S Kanemaru - 2016 IEEE 5th Global Conference …, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We study a method for automatically generating a masker emitting an interference sound to
protect speech privacy. The method synthesized a speech-like masker that destroyed …

リアルタイムブートストラップ型音声マスキングシステムの構築

金丸鈴美, 小林洋介 - 電気学会論文誌C (電子・情報・システム部門誌), 2017 - jstage.jst.go.jp
抄録 We study a method for automatically generating a masker emitting an interference
sound to protect speech privacy. The method synthesized a speech-like masker by …