Noisy Speech Intelligibility Enhancement

Article type: Research Article

Authors: Kazlauskas, Kazys

Affiliations: Institute of Mathematics and Informatics, Vilnius Pedagogical University, Akademijos 4, 2600 Vilnius, Lithuania. E-mail: kazlausk@ktl.mii.lt

Abstract: This paper addresses the study of the speech intelligibility enhancement. The speech model, noise sources, perceptual aspects of speech, and performance evaluation are reviewed. The intelligibility enhancement system based on spectral subtraction technique is investigated. Spectral density estimation device based on the algorithm of smoothed periodograms is analysed. Determination of the silence intervals, efficiency of the silence intervals determination, and signal to noise ratio evaluation are discussed. Speech intelligibility enhancement device is described.

Keywords: noisy speech, intelligibility enhancement

DOI: 10.3233/INF-1999-10203

Journal: Informatica, vol. 10, no. 2, pp. 171-188, 1999