Keywords
Speech, Speech processing systems
Abstract
The feasibility of representing human speech by serial digital codes was investigated by exercising specially constructed digital logic coupled with standard audio output equipment. The theories being tested represent a radical departure from previous efforts in the field of speech research. Therefore, this initial investigation was limited in scope to a study of unconnected English language speech sounds at the phenome level. The experiments were conducted in two parts, with the first being the development of serialized digital codes, for selected speech sounds, derived from actual human speech. The second part was to synthesize these sounds using the specially constructed digital synthesizer, and have human listeners analyze them for intelligibility. The results seem to indicate that this is a viable scheme for speech synthesis.
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Graduation Date
Fall 1975
Semester
Spring
Degree
Master of Science (M.S.)
College
College of Engineering
Degree Program
Engineering
Format
Pages
65 p.
Language
English
Rights
Written permission granted by copyright holder to the University of Central Florida Libraries to digitize and distribute for nonprofit, educational purposes.
Length of Campus-only Access
None
Access Status
Masters Thesis (Open Access)
Identifier
DP0002823
Subjects
Speech, Speech processing systems
STARS Citation
Steinberger, Eddy Alan, "The Generation of Synthetic Speech Sounds by Digital Coding" (1975). Retrospective Theses and Dissertations. 190.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/rtd/190
Contributor (Linked data)
University of Central Florida. College of Engineering [VIAF]
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Accessibility Status
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