This paper presents a portable real-time speech-rate conversion system for compensating degeneration of hearing intelligibility of elderly listeners who find it hard to catch speech if uttered rapidly. This system enables an elderly user to convert the speech rate desired in real time, with invariance in pitch as well as small impairments in quality.

Authors: Miyasaka, E.; Nakamura, A.; Seiyama, N.; Imai, A.; Takagi, T.
Affiliation: NHK Science & Technical Research Laboratories, Tokyo, Japan
AES Convention: 100 (May 1996) Paper Number: 4217
Publication Date: May 1, 1996 Import into BibTeX
Subject: Signal Processing
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