Factors influencing ratings of speech naturalness in augmentative and alternative communication

AAC: Augmentative and Alternative Communication

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 11-19

  Ratcliff, Ann ^a   Coughlin, Sue ^a   Lehman, Mark ^a  

^a CENTRAL MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Augmentative and alternative communication (AAC); Speech naturalness; Synthesized speech

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION AIDS FOR NONVOCAL PERSONS; SPEECH ANALYSIS; SPEECH INTELLIGIBILITY; SPEECH SYNTHESIS;

AUGMENTATIVE AND ALTERNATIVE COMMUNICATION (AAC) SYSTEMS; SPEECH NATURALNESS;

SPEECH COMMUNICATION;

EID: 0036503871     PISSN: 07434618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/aac.18.1.11.19     Document Type: Article

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