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Books and Publications
Dick Stern
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Book Title: Springer Handbook of Speech Processing
Editors: Jacob Benesty,
M. Mohan Sondhi, and Yiteng (Arden) Huang
Publisher: Springer
ISBN 978¬–3–540–49125–5 Pages: 1500
Illustrations: 560
Binding: Hardcover
More: DVD
The Springer Handbook of Speech Processing is designed to play a fundamental role in sustainable progress in speech research and development. Its key topics are: Introduction to Speech Processing; Production, Perception, and Modeling of Speech; Signal Processing for Speech; Speech Coding; Text- to-Speech Synthesis; Speech Recognition; Speaker Recognition; Language Recognition; Speech Enhancement; Multichannel Speech Processing
This work combines the established knowledge derived from Research in such fast evolving disciplines as Signal Processing and Communications, Acoustics, Computer Science, and Linguistics.
Book Title: Sound Insulation Author: Carl Hopkins
Publisher: Butterworth-Heinemann ISBN: 978-0750665261
Pages: 648
Binding: Paperback
Book Title: Auralization: Fundamentals of Acoustics, Modeling,
Simulation, Algorithms, and Acoustic Virtual Reality Author: Michael Vorländer Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 978-3540488293 Pages: 335
Binding: Hardcover
Auralization is the technique of creation and reproduction of sound on the basis of computer data. With this tool it is possible to predict the character of sound signals that are generated at the source and modified by reinforcement, propagation, and transmission in systems such as rooms, buildings, vehicles, or other devices. This book is organized as a comprehensive collection of the basics of sound and vibration, acoustic modeling, simulation, signal processing, and audio reproduction. Implementation of the auralization technique is described using examples drawn from various fields in acoustics research and engineering, architecture, sound design and virtual reality.
Sound insulation is an important aspect of building performance. This book is a guide to sound and vibration theory and its application to the measurement and prediction of sound insulation in buildings. It enables the reader to tackle a wide range of issues relating to sound insulation during the design and construction stages of a building, and to solve problems in existing buildings. The book has been written for engineers, consultants, building designers, students in acoustics, researchers and those involved in the manufacture and design of building products.
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