ABSTRACT A metric method to numerically measure phonetic and phonemic distances or
contrasts, between speech sounds, is put forward. The feature values of the compared …

Recent developments in human–robot interaction show how the ability to communicate with
people in a natural way is of great importance for artificial agents. The implementation of …

This paper presents the results of a closed-set recognition task for 80 Spanish consonant-
vowel sounds (16 C× 5 V, spoken by 2 talkers) in 8-talker babble (–6,–2,+ 2 dB). A ranking of …

Background noise challenges auditory recognition of speech and may reveal the underlying
deficits in auditory word recognition skills. Previous studies have reported an association …

This paper presents the effect of speech-shaped noise on consonant recognitions in Malay.
Scores were measured using a 22-alternative forced choice task. Based on responses …

Children's phonological development has been reported to have both universal and
language-specific features. At 3; 6, phonological skills are still developing strongly, and …

Résumé Nous présentons une série d'expériences dans lesquelles nous étudions l'impact
des niveaux de résolution spectrale et temporelle de signaux de parole vocodée par canaux …

In a polyglot speech synthesis, it is possible to use one language resource for another
language. However, if the adaptation is not implemented carefully, the foreignness of the …

A metric method to numerically measure phonetic and phonemic distances, or contrasts,
between speech sounds is put forward. The feature values of the compared phones taken …

In this paper, we present the newly established Danish speech corpus PiTu. The corpus
consists of recordings of 28 native Danish talkers (14 female and 14 male) each reproducing …