Abstract:
Elderly people often find that the speech of contemporary broadcasts is too fast for comfortable listening. We have developed a new radio and television receiver that ena...Show MoreMetadata
Abstract:
Elderly people often find that the speech of contemporary broadcasts is too fast for comfortable listening. We have developed a new radio and television receiver that enables users to reduce the speed of speech delivery while maintaining the voice pitch and quality, without overrunning the entire program time slot. Practical assessments by elderly people have confirmed its effectiveness for hearing comfort. In addition to this function, efficacious sound level compression technology is also incorporated to compensate for the so-called "recruitment phenomenon".
Published in: IEEE Transactions on Consumer Electronics ( Volume: 51, Issue: 1, February 2005)
Sci. & Tech. Res. Laboratories, NHK, Japan
Atsushi Imai received a B.E. degree in Electrical Engineering from Saitama University, Saitama, Japan. He joined NHK (Japan Broadcasting Corp.) in 1989. Since 1992, he has been with NHK Science and Technical Research Laboratories, where he has been engaged in research on speech perception, speech rate conversion, speech synthesis and development of speech recognition-error correction system.
Atsushi Imai received a B.E. degree in Electrical Engineering from Saitama University, Saitama, Japan. He joined NHK (Japan Broadcasting Corp.) in 1989. Since 1992, he has been with NHK Science and Technical Research Laboratories, where he has been engaged in research on speech perception, speech rate conversion, speech synthesis and development of speech recognition-error correction system.View more
Sci. & Tech. Res. Laboratories, NHK, Japan
Tohru Takagi received a B.E. and a M.E. degree in Electrical Engineering from University of Electro-Communications, Tokyo, Japan. He joined NHK (Japan Broadcasting Corp.) in 1981. Since 1984, he has been with the Science and Technical Research Laboratories, where he has been engaged in speech synthesis, voice conversion, speech perception, speech rate conversion and development of speech recognition-error correction syste...Show More
Tohru Takagi received a B.E. and a M.E. degree in Electrical Engineering from University of Electro-Communications, Tokyo, Japan. He joined NHK (Japan Broadcasting Corp.) in 1981. Since 1984, he has been with the Science and Technical Research Laboratories, where he has been engaged in speech synthesis, voice conversion, speech perception, speech rate conversion and development of speech recognition-error correction syste...View more
Hiroyuki Takeishi received a M.E. degree in Electrical Engineering from Nagaoka University of Technology, Niigata, Japan. He joined Victor Company of Japan Limited in 1990. Since he has been engaged in developing digital audio signal processing device.
Hiroyuki Takeishi received a M.E. degree in Electrical Engineering from Nagaoka University of Technology, Niigata, Japan. He joined Victor Company of Japan Limited in 1990. Since he has been engaged in developing digital audio signal processing device.View more
Contents Sci. & Tech. Res. Laboratories, NHK, Japan
Atsushi Imai received a B.E. degree in Electrical Engineering from Saitama University, Saitama, Japan. He joined NHK (Japan Broadcasting Corp.) in 1989. Since 1992, he has been with NHK Science and Technical Research Laboratories, where he has been engaged in research on speech perception, speech rate conversion, speech synthesis and development of speech recognition-error correction system.
Atsushi Imai received a B.E. degree in Electrical Engineering from Saitama University, Saitama, Japan. He joined NHK (Japan Broadcasting Corp.) in 1989. Since 1992, he has been with NHK Science and Technical Research Laboratories, where he has been engaged in research on speech perception, speech rate conversion, speech synthesis and development of speech recognition-error correction system.View more
Sci. & Tech. Res. Laboratories, NHK, Japan
Tohru Takagi received a B.E. and a M.E. degree in Electrical Engineering from University of Electro-Communications, Tokyo, Japan. He joined NHK (Japan Broadcasting Corp.) in 1981. Since 1984, he has been with the Science and Technical Research Laboratories, where he has been engaged in speech synthesis, voice conversion, speech perception, speech rate conversion and development of speech recognition-error correction system.
Tohru Takagi received a B.E. and a M.E. degree in Electrical Engineering from University of Electro-Communications, Tokyo, Japan. He joined NHK (Japan Broadcasting Corp.) in 1981. Since 1984, he has been with the Science and Technical Research Laboratories, where he has been engaged in speech synthesis, voice conversion, speech perception, speech rate conversion and development of speech recognition-error correction system.View more
Hiroyuki Takeishi received a M.E. degree in Electrical Engineering from Nagaoka University of Technology, Niigata, Japan. He joined Victor Company of Japan Limited in 1990. Since he has been engaged in developing digital audio signal processing device.
Hiroyuki Takeishi received a M.E. degree in Electrical Engineering from Nagaoka University of Technology, Niigata, Japan. He joined Victor Company of Japan Limited in 1990. Since he has been engaged in developing digital audio signal processing device.View more
