ESCA Tutorial and Research Workshop on Speech Input/Output Assessment and Speech Databases Noordwijkerhout, The Netherlands September 20-23, 1989

Test Items for Evaluating Quality of Synthetic Speech

Shizuo Hiki

School of Human Sciences, Waseda University, Tokorozawa, Japan

A framework of paradigm, for evaluating techniques for speech processing in man-machine interface through spoken language has been settled, taking into account factors involved in the stages such as mode of transmission of language information, styles of use of speech input/output, type of information, dimensions representing effects of use, items of evaluation for these dimensions, factors affecting measurement, and parameters useful for constructing scale of evaluation.

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Bibliographic reference.  Hiki, Shizuo (1989): "Test items for evaluating quality of synthetic speech", In SIOA-1989, Vol.2, 227-228.