Accent or dialect is one of the hot topics of emerging technology in speech processing. In an
audio recording, extracting accent clues from a speech signal can help investigators to have …

In this paper we examined the human voice of 20 adults (20 smokers and 20 non-smokers)
to determine the effects of cigarette smoking on formants frequency, pitch, shimmer and jitter …

Designing a local language communication system that enables regular people to interact
verbally with machines to access information or perform day-to-day operations is a major …

A multilingual country such as India with numerous languages and dialects provides fertile
grounds for evasive language crimes. From threat letters to ransom demands, the scope of …

A well-defined vocalic and consonantal system is a prerequisite when investigating the
perception and production of a second language. The lack of a well-defined Urdu vowel …

Acoustic, Phonetic and accented variations play an important role in pronunciation
assessment of different languages uttered by speakers. In this paper, we consider the …

Desde un enfoque semiótico-epistemológico de base piagetiana, la adquisición de la
lengua nativa, la pragmática de su habla y su escritura se sustentan en acciones simbólicas …

Forensic voice analysis is a subdiscipline in forensic criminal investigations as it provides
useful information for finding and analyzing vocal recordings for speaker identification …

Abstract Automatic Speech Recognition (ASR) systems typically degrade in performance
when recognizing an accent different from the accents in the training data. One way to …

The alignment of speech and pause segments with the breathing cycle varies with the
speaker's speaking style. Those speaking during inhalation are ingressive (IgV) speakers …