TY - JOUR
T1 - Comparative Intelligibility of Five Synthesized Voices
AU - Rupprecht, Stacie L.
AU - Beukelman, David R.
AU - Vrtiska, Holli
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors wish to thank Dr. T. Newell Decker and Mike Gehan for their assistance in recording the synthesized speech samples. This research was sup- ported in part by the Barkley Trust and funded in part by Grant #MCJ-319152 awarded to the Meyer Rehabilitation Institute by the Bureau of Maternal and Child Health Services.
PY - 1995/1
Y1 - 1995/1
N2 - The purpose of this investigation was to compare the intelligibility of words within sentences produced by five synthesized voices: DECTalkTM Paul, DECTalk Betty, MacinTalk, MacinTalk ProTM Male, and MacinTalk ProTM Female. Thirty adult participants, ranging in age from 20 to 40 years, listened to the five synthesized voices and transcribed the last word in each of the Speech Perception in Noise (SPIN) Test sentences (50 sentences for each synthesizer). The data were analyzed using an analysis of variance with repeated measures and a post-hoc test (Greenhouse Geisser) to determine differences among the voices. The MacinTalk voice was significantly less intelligible than the other four voices. The mean intelligibility scores of the DECTalk Paul, DECTalk Betty, MacinTalk Pro Male, and MacinTalk Pro Female voices were not significantly different from each other. Results suggest the need for further research, especially with the MacinTalk Pro voices.
AB - The purpose of this investigation was to compare the intelligibility of words within sentences produced by five synthesized voices: DECTalkTM Paul, DECTalk Betty, MacinTalk, MacinTalk ProTM Male, and MacinTalk ProTM Female. Thirty adult participants, ranging in age from 20 to 40 years, listened to the five synthesized voices and transcribed the last word in each of the Speech Perception in Noise (SPIN) Test sentences (50 sentences for each synthesizer). The data were analyzed using an analysis of variance with repeated measures and a post-hoc test (Greenhouse Geisser) to determine differences among the voices. The MacinTalk voice was significantly less intelligible than the other four voices. The mean intelligibility scores of the DECTalk Paul, DECTalk Betty, MacinTalk Pro Male, and MacinTalk Pro Female voices were not significantly different from each other. Results suggest the need for further research, especially with the MacinTalk Pro voices.
KW - communication
KW - speech
KW - speech synthesis
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U2 - 10.1080/07434619512331277379
DO - 10.1080/07434619512331277379
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0029510649
SN - 0743-4618
VL - 11
SP - 244
EP - 248
JO - Augmentative and Alternative Communication
JF - Augmentative and Alternative Communication
IS - 4
ER -