A new method for eliciting three speaking styles in the laboratory

Speech Communication

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 323-336

  Harnsberger, James D ^a   Wright, Richard ^a   Pisoni, David B ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Speaking rate; Speaking styles; Speech perception; Vowel dispersion

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC VARIABLES CONTROL; CALIBRATION; PROBLEM SOLVING; SPEECH COMMUNICATION; STATISTICAL TESTS;

SPEAKING RATE; SPEAKING STYLES; SPEECH PERCEPTION; VOWEL DISPERSION;

SPEECH RECOGNITION;

EID: 40249083023     PISSN: 01676393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.specom.2007.11.001     Document Type: Article

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