Title :
Quality assessment of speech coding and speech synthesis systems
Author :
Kitawaki, Nobuhiko ; Nagabuchi, Hiromi
Author_Institution :
Telecommun. Network Labs., NTT Corp., Tokyo, Japan
Abstract :
The concept of speech quality assessment is examined. Quality assessment methodologies for speech waveform coding, source coding, and speech synthesis by rule from the viewpoints of naturalness and intelligibility are reviewed. Both subjective and objective measures are considered.<>
Keywords :
encoding; speech analysis and processing; speech intelligibility; speech synthesis; naturalness; objective measures; source coding; speech coding systems; speech intelligibility; speech quality assessment; speech synthesis; speech synthesis by rule; speech waveform coding; Bit rate; Communication effectiveness; Oral communication; Quality assessment; Source coding; Speech analysis; Speech coding; Speech synthesis; Telephony; Testing;
Journal_Title :
Communications Magazine, IEEE
