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Speech Emotion Recognition method using time-stretching in the Preprocessing Phase and Artificial Neural Network Classifiers
2020
Human emotions are playing a significant role in the understanding of human behaviour. There are multiple ways of recognizing human emotions, and one of them is through human speech. This paper aims to present an approach for designing a Speech Emotion Recognition (SER) system for an industrial training station. While assembling a product, the end user emotions can be monitored and used as a parameter for adapting the training station. The proposed method is using a phase vocoder for time-stretching and an Artificial Neural Network (ANN) for classification of five typical different emotions. As input for the ANN classifier, features like Mel Frequency Cepstral Coefficients (MFCCs), short-te…
On the importance of the prosodic component in the expression of linguistic im/politeness
2014
This paper outlines the important relationship between prosody and im/politeness and presents a brief overview of what has been done in this field. Sections 2, 3 and 4 present several theoretical concepts which are especially relevant for understanding im/politeness in concrete frameworks (mainly in conversation). Section 5 points out the necessity of studying a pragmatic phenomenon like im/politeness with its prosodic expression. Finally, section 6 discusses some studies in this field on different languages, with a special focus on prosodic values like the F0 (pitch/fundamental frequency), intonation patterns, duration and speech rate. Keywords: F0, duration, speech rate, im/politeness, co…
Speech Rate as and Indicator of Fluency in the Russian of Finnish Learners.
2009
This study focuses on the speech rate development of 12 Finnish university students of Russian during their 3.5-month-study abroad experience. Speech and articulation rates are measured in phonetic words per second and syllables per second in the Russian read-aloud speech of the subjects. This is done at three recordings: prior to, during and following their stay in Russia. The results are compared to their read-aloud Finnish speech. The students are also compared depending on the residence (host-family vs. dormitories) in Russia. The study shows that speech and articulation rates correlate with the evaluated fluency of the speech samples. It was found that speech rate is a better indicator…
A prosodic analysis of truncated structures in Spanish colloquial conversation: the functions of formulation and mitigation
2018
Este trabajo analiza las características prosódicas de las estructuras truncadas en la conversación coloquial española con el fin de determinar si los rasgos prosódicos son índices predictivos de las funciones de formulación y atenuación. A partir de un estudio de corpus de conversaciones espontáneas, se analizan determinados fenómenos –duración, velocidad de habla, F0, pausas, inflexiones tonales– para elucidar si existe una correlación entre la interfaz prosódica y la pragmática. This study analyses the prosodic features of truncated structures in Spanish colloquial conversation with the aim of determining whether these prosodic features are predictable indices of the pragmatic functions …
Spécificités du rythme de la parole politique. Le cas de François Hollande
2016
The aim of this article is to highlight some rhythmical specificities in political speech. In order to do so, articulation and speech rates, pauses and between-pauses within syllable groups were measured in several talks given by François Hollande. Results show variation for all the above mentioned parameters depending on the topic of the speech. Furthermore, rhythmical differences were observed between speeches and debates.