"In this paper we use a time-frequency based measure, the stationarity index, to characterize the non stationary behavior of languages. We show that different languages have different non stationary behavior. This is done in order to explain why speech processing systems relying on frame by frame analysis in the frequency domain, have a language dependent behavior. This dependency is demonstrated using the case of PESQ, the Perceptual Evaluation of Speech Quality model, which enables objective assessment of speech quality."

Authors: Ben Ali, Faten; Djaziri Larbi, Sonia; Jaidane, Meriem
Affiliations: Ecole Nationale d'Ingénieurs de Tunis; Gipsa Lab(See document for exact affiliation information.)
AES Conference: 38th International Conference: Sound Quality Evaluation (June 2010)
Paper Number: 1-6
Publication Date: June 13, 2010 Import into BibTeX
Subject: Sound Quality Evaluation
Permalink: https://www.aes.org/e-lib/browse.cfm?elib=15473

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