1995
The effects of breath sounds on the perception of synthetic speech.
Whalen D, Hoequist C, Sheffert S. The effects of breath sounds on the perception of synthetic speech. The Journal Of The Acoustical Society Of America 1995, 97: 3147-53. PMID: 7759655, DOI: 10.1121/1.411875.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsExperiment 1Perception of synthetic speechReplicated Experiment 1Experiment 5Experiment 4Experiment 3Experiment 2Breath intakesSentence durationSynthetic speechPractice effectsSentence sizePerceptual effectsSentencesNo effectPresence of breathingListening abilitySpeechSoundSelected sentencesTalkersRecallPerceptual normalization of synthesized vowels following natural speech and breath sounds
Sheffert S, Whalen D. Perceptual normalization of synthesized vowels following natural speech and breath sounds. The Journal Of The Acoustical Society Of America 1995, 97: 3421-3421. DOI: 10.1121/1.412447.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
1994
Exploring the relationship of breath intake to utterance duration
Whalen D, Kinsella-Shaw J. Exploring the relationship of breath intake to utterance duration. The Journal Of The Acoustical Society Of America 1994, 96: 3327-3327. DOI: 10.1121/1.411345.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
1993
Can you rustle up some attention?: Further results on breath sounds in synthesis
Sheffert S, Whalen D, Hoequist C. Can you rustle up some attention?: Further results on breath sounds in synthesis. The Journal Of The Acoustical Society Of America 1993, 94: 1881-1881. DOI: 10.1121/1.407576.Peer-Reviewed Original Research