5 November: fyi -- speech seminar, Wednesday, Nov 14.
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The UCD/MLE Speech Technology Group will host a seminar on Wednesday,
November 14th at 11:00 a.m. on the 2nd floor of Media Lab Europe
(formerly the Guinness Hops Store). Title and abstract are given
below.
Speaker: Fred Cummins (UCD/MLE)
Title: Entraining speech: novel experiments in speech timing
Abstract:
Models of speech production rarely allow for ongoing modification of
speech based on environmental stimuli. I will present results from
two experimental themes, each characterized by a non-trivial
modification to the speaker's timing as a result of an external
stimulus.
In the first, a quasi-rhythmical series of tones is provided and
speakers attempt to align the stressed syllables in a short repeated
phrase with these tones. This "speech cycling" procedure reveals
strong constraints on macroscopic timing for English speakers.
In another series of experiments, two speakers read texts in
synchrony. Under this condition (synchronous speech), speech is
markedly altered, and a high degree of synchrony is achieved across
speakers. I will present recent results which provide an initial
characterization of this form of speech and discuss its consequences
for our understanding of the process of speech production.
Note:
This one of a series of seminars in Speech Science hosted by the
UCD/MLE Speech Technology Group. (http://cspeech.ucd.ie/~stg/). The
seminars are open to all interested parties. They will typically be
informal talks, and may be tutorial in nature. They are highly
suitable for postgraduate students or advanced undergraduates as well
as active researchers.
If you are interested in presenting a topic within Speech Science,
please contact Fred.Cummins@ucd.ie. If you wish to be added or
removed from this low-volume mailing list, please do likewise. Feel
free to pass on word of this list to any interested colleagues.
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