Sound files and descriptions from Dennis H. Klatt (1987), “Review of text-to-speech conversion for English” J. Acous. Soc. Amer. 82, 737-793 Part D: Fully automatic text-to-speech conversion 24. The first full text-to-speech system, done in Japan by...
Sound files and descriptions from Dennis H. Klatt (1987), “Review of text-to-speech conversion for English” J. Acous. Soc. Amer. 82, 737-793 Part C: Synthesis by rule of segments and sentence prosody Rules to control a low-dimensionality...
Sound files and descriptions from Dennis H. Klatt (1987), “Review of text-to-speech conversion for English” J. Acous. Soc. Amer. 82, 737-793. Part B: Segmental synthesis by rule 15. Creation of a sentence from rules in the head of Pierre Delattre,...
Sound files and descriptions from Dennis H. Klatt (1987), “Review of text-to-speech conversion for English” J. Acous. Soc. Amer. 82, 737-793 Part A: Development of speech synthesizers Part A: Development of speech synthesizers 1. The VODER of Homer...
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Welcome to our final installment of The World Through Sound. Last time, we learned about linearity, non-linearity, and how linearization allows scientists to treat complicated systems like much simpler analogs through approximation. In this article, we will explore...
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Unaltered sound-source files that illustrate the recorded music and speech that were processed to simulate the off-world sounds. Table 1. Audio/video sound-source files 94dB Calibration “Organ” “Mars” “Titan” “Venus” Table 2. Organ music, as heard on the location...
Welcome to another installment of The World Through Sound. Last time, we talked about reflection and refraction, and the principle of least time that governs them. This week we will discuss linearity, superposition, and how science uses approximations to make the...
The World Through Sound: Reflection, Refraction, and the Principle of Least Time Welcome to another installment of The World Through Sound. Last time, we talked about mode shapes and the blurry line between things that are discrete and distinct and things that are...
Video 1. Helmholtz string wave excited by slip-stick mechanism of moving bow (University of New South Wales, courtesy of Joe Wolfe). Audio 1 Audio 2 Audio 3 Video 2. Visualisation of empty shell modes in vacuum before...
Modelling Violin Modes Introduction In Figure S1 we first describe how the modes of the initially freely supported plates are transformed, when coupled together around their edges by the ribs, into those of the empty body shell. This relationship is of considerable...
Become a Member of the Acoustical Society of America The Acoustical Society of America (ASA) invites individuals with a strong interest in any aspect of acoustics including (but not limited to) physical, engineering, oceanographic, biological, psychological,...
Louis K. Sutherland, a 62 year member of ASA and a Fellow and Silver Award recipient of ASA passed away on Feb. 23, 2016. Lou did extensive work in noise abatement and on developing standards for classroom acoustics and noise levels where he and his associates aimed...
Dr. Laura Kloepper, assistant professor of biology, Saint Mary’s College – Notre Dame, and the first Acoustics Today intern was awarded the Office of Naval Research Young Investigator award. Laura is one of 47 young investigators who were honored for...
Welcome to another installment of The World Through Sound. Last time, we talked about resonance and why some things ring while others don’t. In this article, we will go deeper into that concept and explore normal modes, the patterns of motion that are created when...
Some notes about the sound files that accompany “The Invention and Evolution of the Piano” by N. Giordano I have selected several sound files that contain snippets of some well-known music to illustrate aurally the differences between an early piano and a...
Welcome to another installment of The World Through Sound. Last time we talked about Acoustic Impedance, and how horns are actually a kind of transformer, and operate in a way analogous to how a lever makes a large mass easier to move. In this article, we will talk...
Norman C. Pickering passes on at 99. Norman C. Pickering, an engineer, inventor and musician whose pursuit of audio clarity and beauty helped make phonograph records and musical instruments sound better, died on Nov. 18 at his home in East Hampton, N.Y. He was 99. ...
Welcome to another installment of The World Through Sound. Previously we learned about the acoustic medium, and how sound can even move through the seeming vacuum of space, and shape entire galactic structures in the process. Today’s article is a direct follow-up to...
Welcome to the sixth installment of The World Through Sound. Last time we discussed one of the most popular units for measuring sound, the decibel , and gave a few rules of thumb to help even a non-scientist make sense of decibel values. In this edition instead of...
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Welcome to the fifth installment of The World Through Sound. Last time, we discussed the concepts of equilibrium and acoustic pressure, and how almost any variation around equilibrium can bear a striking resemblance to the behavior of sound. Today, we are going to...
Welcome to the fourth installment of The World Through Sound. In previous articles we discussed properties of sound, including sound speed, and wavelength. Today, we are going to take a step back and consider sound on a more fundamental level. We are going to discuss...
James L. Flanagan, a former ASA President, ASA Gold Medal awardee, and recipient of the National Medal of Science, died Aug. 25, 2015 in Warren, NJ, at the age of 89. For more than half a century Jim Flanagan has conducted and led research in the area of speech. His...
