Speech Science and Technology

This work presents the state-of-the-art in speech science and technology in Japan. Recent developments in the field have been grouped in five chapters, covering the main developments during the past decade. The development of various speech input/output devices and their practical applications is described. Use of digital signal processing, a new method for analyzing speech, and the use of LSIs for speech input/output, have been contributed to the present achievements in the field of speech acoustics.