• DocumentCode
    1646076
  • Title

    An analog bionic vocal tract

  • Author

    Wee, Keng Hoong ; Turicchia, Lorenzo ; Sarpeshkar, Rahul

  • Author_Institution
    Res. Lab. of Electron., Massachusetts Inst. of Technol., Cambridge, MA
  • fYear
    2008
  • Firstpage
    281
  • Lastpage
    284
  • Abstract
    We present the first experimental integrated-circuit vocal tract. The 275 muW analog vocal tract chip can be used for real-time speech production in bionic speech-prosthesis systems where low power is critical. We also describe how our vocal tract can be used with auditory processors in a feedback speech locked loop to implement speech recognition that is potentially robust in noise.
  • Keywords
    VLSI; analogue integrated circuits; hearing; integrated circuit modelling; phase locked loops; speech processing; speech recognition; VLSI implementation; analog bionic vocal tract chip; auditory processors; bionic speech-prosthesis systems; feedback speech locked loop; integrated-circuit vocal tract; power 275 muW; real-time speech production; speech recognition; Biological system modeling; Circuits; Impedance; Noise robustness; Real time systems; Resistors; Speech analysis; Speech enhancement; Speech processing; Speech recognition;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Biomedical Circuits and Systems Conference, 2008. BioCAS 2008. IEEE
  • Conference_Location
    Baltimore, MD
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-2878-6
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-4244-2879-3
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/BIOCAS.2008.4696929
  • Filename
    4696929