The Assessment of Speech Quality

Abstract

Various methods that have been used to assess the quality of speech are reviewed. These methods are organized under three general topics: unidimensional quality assessment, judging of individual speech qualities, and multidimensional scaling. The importance of effects attributable to speech material, talkers and listeners is emphasized. The desirability of objective measures of speech quality is noted and some candidate measures are discussed. Finally, the relationship between quality assessment and intelligibility testing is briefly considered.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 01, 1977
Accession Number
ADA108324

Entities

People

  • A. W. Huggins
  • Raymond S. Nickerson

Organizations

  • BBN Technologies

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Communication Systems
  • Computer Programs
  • Electrical Engineering
  • Frequency
  • Intelligibility
  • Materials
  • Measurement
  • Psychology
  • Reaction Time
  • Reliability
  • Signal Processing
  • Speech Compression
  • Speech Quality
  • Speech Transmission
  • Standards
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Test Methods

Readers

  • Psychometric Testing or Psychological Assessment.
  • Speech Processing/Speech Recognition.
  • Systems Analysis and Design