Title :
An acoustical analysis of the cardinal vowels as spoken by Daniel Jones
Author :
Boshoff, Hendrik F V ; Botha, Elizabeth C.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Pretoria Univ., South Africa
Abstract :
An analysis is presented of the recording of the cardinal vowels made by Daniel Jones. A pitch synchronous formant tracking method is used to derive trajectories in formant space, which are then compared to the predictions of a scaling discretization of formant ratios (SDF). The results are used to measure the SDF´s single parameter, yielding a value of 1.6±0.03. A possible explanation is given for this value, in terms of desirable properties of vowels as discrete elements in an auditory communication system code
Keywords :
acoustic signal processing; speech processing; Daniel Jones; acoustical analysis; auditory communication system code; cardinal vowels; formant space; pitch synchronous formant tracking method; scaling discretization of formant ratios; Acoustic measurements; Acoustic testing; Acoustical engineering; Art; Electronic equipment testing; Frequency; Speech analysis; Trajectory;
Conference_Titel :
Communications and Signal Processing, 1998. COMSIG '98. Proceedings of the 1998 South African Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Rondebosch
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-5054-5
DOI :
10.1109/COMSIG.1998.736925
