Pronouncibility index (Π): A distance-based and confusion-based speech quality measure for dysarthric speakers

Knowledge and Information Systems

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 367-391

  Kayasith, Prakasith ^a,b   Theeramunkong, Thanaruk ^a  

^a THAMMASAT UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b NATIONAL ELECTRONICS AND COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY CENTER   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Dysarthric speech; Pronouncibility index; Speech assessment; Speech clarity index; Speech confusion index; Speech severity assessment

Indexed keywords

SPEECH SYNTHESIS; TESTING;

AUTOMATED METHODS; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; INTELLIGIBILITY TESTS; PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES; PRONOUNCIBILITY INDEX; RECOGNITION SYSTEMS; ROOT MEAN SQUARE; SPEECH TECHNOLOGY;

SPEECH RECOGNITION;

EID: 79955996063     PISSN: 02191377     EISSN: 02193116     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10115-010-0301-4     Document Type: Article

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