Spoken dialog with computers

Charlotte, 5 July - 15 August 2005

Recommended readings:

Huang, Acero, Hon, Spoken Language Processing, Prentice Hall, Published April 2001, 980 pages, ISBN 0130226165

De Mori, Spoken Dialogues with Computers: Signal Processing and Its Applications, Academic Press, Hardcover, Published April 1998, 702 pages, ISBN 0122090551

Slides:

dialog

phonetics

sound

acoustic transduction

speech_sounds

param_transform

acoustic_modelling

speech synthesis

HTK Tutorial

Programs:

HTK toolkit can be downloaded from HTK page or Windows binaries can be found here bin as well as documentation docu

Praat program can be download from Praat home page

Tutorium on voice quality and electroglottography can be found here: Voice Quality