Textbook

Speech Processing and Synthesis Toolboxes

ISBN: 978-0-471-34959-4

Hardcover

496 pages

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Teaches students both theory and practice. Inclusion of both theory and practice is a benefit to students because they are usually offered only theory which eliminates any exposure to practical insight to the characteristics of speech data. The instructor is able to see the students progress in understanding theory by observing how the student explains experimental results obtained using the text's software.
Includes extensive speech database with numerous speech files and other data. Which eliminates the need to collect or provide data thereby saving time for the student and professor.
Provides extensive software support that facilitates the student ability to test and illustrate theory.
Provides two versions of software. 1) a stand-alone version of the software designed to run in using MATLAB thus giving the user the ability to manipulate aspects of the data. 2) A self-contained, run-time version of the software that has a MATLAB engine embedded eliminating the students need to purchase Matlab. This version of the data cannot be manipulated. The instructor can easily illustrate the theory in class by using the software and data in examples without it being necessary to have access to MATLAB.