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Nature and Perception of Speech Sounds

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Robustness in Automatic Speech Recognition

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This chapter reviews the fundamentals of speech production, acoustics and phonetics of speech sounds as well as their time-frequency representation. Then, the basic structure of the auditory system and the main mechanisms influencing speech perception are briefly described. Throughout this chapter, we also emphasize the influence of noise on speech production and perception. By introducing basic characteristics of speech sounds and how they are produced and perceived, we intend to provide the essential knowledge needed to understand the following chapters.

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    Jean-Claude Junqua

  2. CRIN - INRIA, France

    Jean-Paul Haton

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Junqua, JC., Haton, JP. (1996). Nature and Perception of Speech Sounds. In: Robustness in Automatic Speech Recognition. The Kluwer International Series in Engineering and Computer Science, vol 341. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-1297-0_1

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