Programs for the analysis of pathological voice data have been presented for the last few decades. Computerized Speech Lab (CSL) has been recognized as a standard in the field of pathological voice analysis. PRAAT is a new open program which is constantly being improved almost every week. CSL gives the “Voice disorders database” which was produced by Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary. In this...

Following the ProsoReport, we present a new prosodic tool in Praat allowing a dynamic analysis of prosodic dimensions such as temporal, intonational and accentual parameters, to graphically represent the macro-prosodic variations in Praat. It helps the user to visually detect “ambiance changes” that are supposed to be significant. Two different graphical modes can be activated at the same time:...

Work is currently being carried out on a speech database constructed in order to study speech rhythm in connection with speech rate. The database, BonnTempo-Corpus, and the Praat based analysis tools, BonnTempo-Tools, are a powerful instrument for examining various aspects of recently proposed rhythm measures (e.g. %V, ∆C, nPVI, rPVI, etc.) in relation to speech rate among a wide range of langu...

A new algorithm of direct time domain fundamental frequency estimation (DFE) and voiced/unvoiced (V/UV) classification of speech signal is presented in this paper. The DFE algorithm consists of spectral shaping, detection of significant extremes based on adaptive thresholding, and actual frequency estimation under several truth criteria. We propose a majority criterion for V/UV classification b...

The Voice is a signal of infinite information. Digital processing of speech signal is very important for high and precise automatic voice recognition technology. Speech recognition has found its application on various aspects of our daily lives from automatic phone answering service to dictating text and issuing voice commands to computers. We focus mainly on two points 1. The pre-processing st...

Our study examines the extent to which AfrikaansSpanish bilingual speakers show L1-L2 interactions in the rhythmic properties of their two languages. Eight Afrikaans-Spanish bilingual speakers who live in Patagonia, Argentina read aloud sentences in Afrikaans (their L1) and Spanish (their L2), and ten Afrikaans and eight Spanish monolingual control speakers read aloud sentences in their respect...