ABSTRACT

With the growing impact of information technology on daily life, speech is becoming increasingly important for providing a natural means of communication between humans and machines. This extensively reworked and updated new edition of Speech Synthesis and Recognition is an easy-to-read introduction to current speech technology.
Aimed at advanced undergraduates and graduates in electronic engineering, computer science and information technology, the book is also relevant to professional engineers who need to understand enough about speech technology to be able to apply it successfully and to work effectively with speech experts. No advanced mathematical ability is required and no specialist prior knowledge of phonetics or of the properties of speech signals is assumed.

chapter Chapter 1|10 pages

Human Speech Communication

chapter Chapter 2|22 pages

Mechanisms and Models of Human Speech Production

chapter Chapter 3|14 pages

Mechanisms and Models of the Human Auditory System

chapter Chapter 4|20 pages

Digital Coding of Speech

chapter Chapter 5|14 pages

Message Synthesis from Stored Human Speech Components

chapter Chapter 6|12 pages

Phonetic Synthesis by Rule

chapter Chapter 7|16 pages

Speech Synthesis from Textual or Conceptual Input

chapter Chapter 9|32 pages

Introduction to Stochastic Modelling

chapter Chapter 12|30 pages

Automatic Speech Recognition for Large Vocabularies

chapter Chapter 13|6 pages

Neural Networks for Speech Recognition

chapter Chapter 14|12 pages

Recognition of Speaker Characteristics

chapter Chapter 15|14 pages

Applications and Performance of Current Technology

chapter Chapter 17|10 pages

Further Reading