NDLI: Differences in the effect of time-expanded and time-contracted speech on intelligibility by phonetic feature

Content Provider	IEEE Xplore Digital Library
Author	Shibuya, T. Kobayashi, Y. Watanabe, H. Kondo, K.
Copyright Year	2012
Description	Author affiliation: Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Yamagata University, Japan (Shibuya, T.; Kobayashi, Y.; Watanabe, H.; Kondo, K.)
Abstract	We have been investigating the effect of speech rate alteration on Japanese speech intelligibility, especially the differences by phonetic feature. We evaluated this difference in intelligibility using the Japanese Diagnostic Rhyme Test (DRT) on artificially speed-altered speech, such as time-expanded speech (1.6 times the original length, or 60% time expansion) and time-contracted speech (0.6 times the original length). Artificial speaking rate alteration was shown to have some effect or degradation on the Japanese speech intelligibility depending on the phonetic feature, initial consonant feature, and succeeding vowel context. Nasal and unvoiced plosives were relatively not affected by speed alteration. Syllables with vowel context /i/ showed 10% higher intelligibility when time-expanded. These results suggest guidelines for feature-dependent intelligible speed alteration methods.
Starting Page	4489
Ending Page	4492
File Size	280700
Page Count	4
File Format	PDF
ISBN	9781467300452
ISSN	15206149
e-ISBN	9781467300469
e-ISBN	9781467300445
DOI	10.1109/ICASSP.2012.6288917
Language	English
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Publisher Date	2012-03-25
Publisher Place	Japan
Access Restriction	Subscribed
Rights Holder	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Subject Keyword	Speech Context Degradation Noise level Auditory system Noise Guidelines Speech recognition Speech rate alteration Japanese speech intelligibility DRT (Diagnostic Rhyme Test) Phonetic feature
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article

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