This paper reviews the current state of several formal models of speech motor control, with
particular focus on the low-level control of the speech articulators. Further development of …

We live in a world where there are countless interactions with computer systems in every-
day situations. In the most ideal case, this interaction feels as familiar and as natural as the …

A central challenge for articulatory speech synthesis is the simulation of realistic articulatory
movements, which is critical for the generation of highly natural and intelligible speech. This …

The limitation in performance of current speech synthesis and speech recognition systems
may result from the fact that these systems are not designed with respect to the human …

Restoring natural speech in paralyzed and aphasic people could be achieved using a Brain-
Computer Interface (BCI) controlling a speech synthesizer in real-time. To reach this goal, a …

The problem of pitch tracking has been extensively studied in the speech research
community. The goal of this paper is to investigate how these techniques should be adapted …

We present a novel quantitative model for the generation of articulatory trajectories based on
the concept of sequential target approximation. The model was applied for the detailed …

Artificial talkers and speech synthesis systems have long been used as a means of
understanding both speech production and speech perception. The development of an …

Phonetic research investigates how speakers and listeners use speech to convey
messages. The speech produced to encode a particular message can vary wildly …

Prosody refers to all suprasegmental aspects of speech, including pitch, duration, amplitude,
and voice quality, that are used to make lexical and post-lexical contrasts. Tone refers to …