ECE 64900 - Speech Processing by Computer
Course Details
Credits: 3
Areas of Specialization:
- Communications, Networking, Signal & Image Processing
Counts as:
Normally Offered:
Spring - even years
Catalog Description:
Covers the main aspects of speech processing by computer. Topics include: models of the vocal tract; identification and extraction of speech features; the recognition of speech and speakers by computer; and control of speech synthesizers. Computer projects are required.
Required Text(s):
- Fundamentals of Speech Recognition , L. Rabiner and B.-H. Juang , Prentice Hall , 1993 , ISBN No. 0-13-015157-2
Recommended Text(s):
None.
Lecture Outline:
| Weeks | Topic |
|---|---|
| 2 | Speech production and representation; Articulation, classification of phonic units; Digital representations of speech; Short-time Fourier analysis |
| 5.5 | Speech analysis and analysis-synthesis systems; Vocoders; Format analysis; Linear predictive coding; Ceptrum analysis and homomorphic processing; Vector quantization; Pitch determination and excitation identification |
| 5.5 | Automatic recognition of speech; Acoustic-phonetic processing; Word recognition: dynamic time warping, hidden Markove models, neural nets; Continuous speech recognition and understanding: use of syntax and semantics; Relation of natural language processing; Example systems - case studies |
| 0.5 | Speaker Verification |
| 1 | Speech synthesis; Speech synthesizers; Text-to-speech systems |
| 0.5 | Exams |
Assessment Method:
none