Effects of speakers' augmented characteristics and listeners' sex on intelligibility and acceptability of synthesized speech

Perceptual and Motor Skills

Volumn 94, Issue 3 PART 2, 2002, Pages 1081-1088

  Ellis, Lee W ^a   Spiegel, Bernard ^b   Benjamin, Barbaranne ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CEREBRAL PALSY; COMMUNICATION AID; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISABLED PERSON; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMAN; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SPEECH INTELLIGIBILITY; STUDENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CEREBRAL PALSY; COMMUNICATION AIDS FOR DISABLED; DISABLED PERSONS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMANS; MALE; SPEECH INTELLIGIBILITY; STUDENTS;

EID: 0036596382     PISSN: 00315125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pms.2002.94.3c.1081     Document Type: Article

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