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 sentencesTalkersRecall
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 ResearchPerception of synthetic speechUpcoming speechBreath intakesWarning toneSynthesized sentencesSynthetic speechSentencesLet your synthesizer breathe
Whalen D, Hoequist C. Let your synthesizer breathe. The Journal Of The Acoustical Society Of America 1993, 93: 2298-2298. DOI: 10.1121/1.406485.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchIntake of breathSynthetic speechPerception of synthetic speechTranscription taskSpeechStretches of speech