MODELS OF SPEECH PRODUCTION MECHANISMS

Human Speech Production Mechanisms

We use language every day without devoting much thought to the process, but articulatory movement—the movement of the lips, tongue, and other organs—is among the subtlest and most adept of any actions performed by human beings. Here, I discuss the mechanisms of speech production, introduce functions for producing sound by controlling the movement of vocal organs, and consider models for achievi...

Computational Models for Speech Production

Major speech production models from speech science literature and a number of popular statistical “generative” models of speech used in speech technology are surveyed. Strengths and weaknesses of these two styles of speech models are analyzed, pointing to the need to integrate the respective strengths while eliminating the respective weaknesses. As an example, a statistical task-dynamic model o...

Neural Network Models of Speech Production

Neural models of speech production and speech acquisition

Neural models of sensorimotor control of speech production are rare. One current approach is the model given by Guenther (2006 and Guenther et al. 2006). Following the ideas of Guenther a comprehensive neural model of speech production using self-organizing neural networks can be given (Kröger et al. 2006a and 2006b). Both approaches simulate early processes of speech acquisition (babbling and ...

Speech Synthesis and Models of Speech Production - I

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