COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS IMPLICATIONS OF THAI SPEECH

Abstract

The research reported contributes to the understanding of communication system performance with Thai speech, a tonal language having phonemic values in vowel duration and aspiration. Research results are attained by constructing a 250-word Thai intelligibility test in five similar 50-word forms. Laboratory system simulations and a standard military radio system are used to compare English and Thai work intelligibility under identical communication conditions. The research indicates that Thai speech transmission does not imply unusual system requirements. Thai intelligibility seems to depend on factors different from those in English, and further research is required to establish the nature of these factors.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 1965
Accession Number
AD0473557

Entities

People

  • Kenneth D. Dimmick

Organizations

  • SRI International

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Air Platforms
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Communication Systems
  • Contracts
  • Field Equipment
  • Filtration
  • Intelligibility
  • Language
  • Linguistics
  • Materials
  • Phonology
  • Radio Equipment
  • Recording Systems
  • Security
  • Speech
  • Standards
  • Test Facilities
  • Word Lists

Readers

  • Speech Processing/Speech Recognition.
  • Theoretical Analysis.