Title :
On the quality assessment of sound signals
Author :
de Lima, A.A. ; Freeland, F.P. ; de Jesus, R.A. ; Bispo, B.C. ; Biscainho, L.W.P. ; Netto, S.L. ; Said, A. ; Kalker, A. ; Schafer, R. ; Lee, B. ; Jam, M.
Author_Institution :
PEE/COPPE, Fed. Univ. of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro
Abstract :
This paper constitutes an introduction to the field of quality evaluation of sound (speech and audio) signals. The need for such an assessment is inherent to modern communications: VoIP, mobile phone, or teleconference systems require meaningful measures of performance, which may ultimately assure good service or profitable business. A brief survey on subjective and objective evaluation methods is provided. Recent developments as well as new topics to be investigated are also addressed. Experiments are conducted to illustrate how to validate quality assessment methods.
Keywords :
acoustic signal processing; objective evaluation methods; quality assessment; sound signals; Business communication; Cost accounting; Humans; Internet telephony; Mobile communication; Mobile handsets; Quality assessment; Speech analysis; Teleconferencing; Testing;
Conference_Titel :
Circuits and Systems, 2008. ISCAS 2008. IEEE International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Seattle, WA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1683-7
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1684-4
DOI :
10.1109/ISCAS.2008.4541443
