On the information rate of speech communication

Steven Van Kuyk; W. Bastiaan Kleijn; Richard C. Hendriks

doi:10.1109/ICASSP.2017.7953233

On the information rate of speech communication

Steven Van Kuyk, W. Bastiaan Kleijn, Richard C. Hendriks

Signal Processing Systems

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Abstract

The key to the success of speech-based technology is an understanding of human speech communication. While significant advances have been made, a unified theory of speech communication that is both comprehensive and quantitative is yet to emerge. In this paper we approach speech communication from an information theoretical perspective. Without relying on prior knowledge of speech production, language, or auditory processing, we develop a new methodology for measuring the information rate of speech. Instead we rely on having recordings of multiple talkers saying the same utterance. In general, our results are consistent with a linguistic understanding of speech communication.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	2017 IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing - Proceedings
Place of Publication	Piscataway, NJ
Publisher	IEEE
Pages	5625-5629
Number of pages	5
ISBN (Electronic)	978-1-5090-4117-6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/ICASSP.2017.7953233
Publication status	Published - 2017
Event	ICASSP 2017: 42nd IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing - The Internet of Signals - Hilton New Orleans Riverside, New Orleans, LA, United States Duration: 5 Mar 2017 → 9 Mar 2017 Conference number: 42 http://www.ieee-icassp2017.org/

Conference

Conference	ICASSP 2017
Abbreviated title	ICASSP
Country/Territory	United States
City	New Orleans, LA
Period	5/03/17 → 9/03/17
Internet address	http://www.ieee-icassp2017.org/

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Information theory
speech communication
talker variability

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On the information rate of speech communication. / Van Kuyk, Steven; Kleijn, W. Bastiaan ; Hendriks, Richard C.
2017 IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing - Proceedings. Piscataway, NJ: IEEE, 2017. p. 5625-5629.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Conference proceedings/Edited volume › Conference contribution › Scientific › peer-review

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