orkshop on Acoustic Voice Analysis

The National Center for Voice and Speech is a multi-site, interdisciplinary organization dedicated to delivering state-of-the-art voice and speech research to practitioners, trainees and the general public. Members of the consortium are The Univer-A workshop was held on the 17th and 18th of February, 1994, in Denver, Colorado to reach better agreement on purpose and methods of acoustic analysis of voice signals. Sponsorship was by the National Center for Voice and Speech, a research and training center funded by the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders, and The Denver Center for the Performing Arts. Topics included definitions and nomenclature in voice analysis, algorithms for extraction of parameters, high fidelity recording of microphone signals, computer file structures, sharing of data bases, and development of test signals. Attendance and contributions were by invitation, keeping in mind a balance between industry and academia. The following contributors were present: most of the discussions and served as author of the Summary Statement. In this Summary Statement, only the Recommendations (pp 26-30) should be viewed as majority opinion. All other materials are explanatory and the opinion of the author. The full proceedings may be obtained by writing to the