https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/18117 2026-04-07T10:25:55Z https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/64959 Modeling stop-consonant releases for synthesis Hanson, Helen M.; Stevens, Kenneth N. This study is part of a project leading to rule-based speech synthesis using the HLsyn synthesizer. In HLsyn, stop-consonant releases are generated by controlling the time variation of a constriction that is formed by the lips, the tongue blade, or the tongue body. In order to generate a consonant release that is perceptually acceptable and that has acoustic characteristics that match those of normal speech, it was found that the trajectory of the consonant release (cross-sectional area versus time) had to exhibit an initial rapid rise, followed by a delay in which the rise was interrupted, followed finally by a final rise. The burst at the consonant release is generated by the airflow through the constriction during the time that the rise is delayed. A model of the time course of this three-stage release of the articulator has been developed, taking into account the role of the intraoral pressure, the tapering formed by the articulator, and the glottal area. The model shows that the delay between the initial and final area increases is progressively longer for labials, alveolars, and velars, in agreement with acoustic data on the burst duration. Poster presented at the Spring 2000 Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America held in Atlanta, GA. 2011-07-27T00:00:00Z https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/36350 Acoustic correlates of word stress in American English Okobi, Anthony O. (Anthony Obiesie), 1976- 2006-09-01T00:00:00Z https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/36349 An acoustic analysis of labialization of coronal nasal consonants in American English Hon, Elisabeth A. 2005-09-01T00:00:00Z https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/36348 Gestural overlap of stop-consonant sequences Zhao, Sherry Yi, 1980- 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/36347 Acoustic analysis and synthesis of nasal codas in Mandarin Chinese Liang, Chi-Yu 2002-05-01T00:00:00Z https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/36346 Analysis and synthesis of acoustic cues in Mandarin tones Chi, Xuemin 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/35249 The role of lower airway resonances in defining vowel feature contrasts. Lulich, Steven Michael Thesis (Ph. D.)—Harvard University--MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology, 2006.; Includes bibliographical references (p. 139-145).; This electronic version was prepared by the author. The certified thesis is available in the Institute Archives and Special Collections. 2006-09-01T00:00:00Z https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/34956 Nasal codas in Standard Chinese: a study in the framework of the distinctive feature theory Mou, Xiaomin, 1977- Thesis (Ph.D.)—Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology, 2006; Includes bibliographical references (p. 145-147); This electronic version was prepared by the student. The certified thesis is available in the Institute Archives and Special Collections. 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/32533 MIT American English Map Task The American English Map Task (AEMT) database is a collection of 16 dialogues recorded using the Map Task protocol in July 1999. The subjects for the recordings were eight young adult females. 2006-04-18T20:02:21Z https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/31203 Tracheal resonance database. Syllables recorded from seven male and seven female speakers. Includes simultaneously recorded microphone and accelerometer signals. 2006-02-08T17:54:32Z https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/31202 Subglottal coupling and vowel space. Sonderegger, Morgan A.; Chi, Xuemin, 1979- Poster presented at the 147th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, New York, N.Y., May 2004. 2006-02-06T16:44:35Z https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/31201 Subglottal coupling and vowel space: an investigation in quantal theory. Sonderegger, Morgan A. Thesis (S.B.)—Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Physics, 2004.; Includes bibliographical references (p. 71-73); This electronic version was prepared by the author. The certified thesis is available in the Institute Archives and Special Collections. 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/29540 Sensorimotor adaptations to perturbations of vowel acoustics and its relation to perception. Villacorta, Virgilio Mangubat Thesis (Ph. D.)—Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology, 2006.; Includes bibliographical references (p. 145-149).; This electronic version was prepared by the author. The certified thesis is available in the Institute Archives and Special Collections. 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/29469 Acoustic characteristics of stop consonants: a controlled study. Zue, V. W. (Victor Waito) Thesis (Sc. D.)—Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, 1976.; Includes bibliographical references (p. 146-149).; This electronic version was scanned from a copy of the thesis on file at the Speech Communication Group. The certified thesis is available in the Institute Archives and Special Collections 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/29217 Said-shed and boot-beet continua The beet-boot and said-shed continua were created in 2001. Each continuum has 13 stimuli and there are a total of four continua (one each of beet-boot and said-shed for a female and a male speaker). There are two kinds of files in this archive, parameter and audio. The parameter files have the .doc extension, but they are text files that serve as input to a Klatt synthesizer rather than Microsoft Word files. The audio files are Microsoft .wav files that have the .wav extension. 2005-10-11T16:22:49Z https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/29190 A physiologically-oriented model of tongue activity in speech production. Perkell, Joseph S. Thesis (Ph. D.)—Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Electrical Engineering, 1974.; Includes bibliographical references (p. 109-113).; This electronic version was scanned from a copy of the thesis on file at the Speech Communication Group. The certified thesis is available in the Institute Archives and Special Collections. 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/29189 A characterization of American English intonation Maeda, Shinji Thesis (Ph. D.)—Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, 1976.; Includes bibliographical references (p. 322-332).; This electronic version was scanned from a copy of the thesis on file at the Speech Communication Group. The certified thesis is available in the Institute Archives and Special Collections. 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/29188 Landmark detection for distinctive feature-based speech recognition. Liu, Sharlene Anne Thesis (Ph. D.)—Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, 1995.; Includes bibliographical references (p. 187-190).; This electronic version was scanned from a copy of the thesis on file at the Speech Communication Group. The certified thesis is available in the Institute Archives and Special Collections. 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/29187 Voice source modeling and analysis of speakers with vocal-fold nodules. Kuo, Hong-Kwang Jeff Thesis (Ph. D.)—Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Whitaker College of Health Sciences and Technology, 1998.; Includes bibliographical references (p. 120-122).; This electronic version was scanned from a copy of the thesis on file at the Speech Communication Group. The certified thesis is available in the Institute Archives and Special Collections. 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/29186 Acoustic measurements for speaker recognition. Wolf, Jared John Thesis (Ph. D.)—Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, 1969.; Includes bibliographical references (p. 100-103).; This electronic version was scanned from a copy of the thesis on file at the Speech Communication Group. The certified thesis is available in the Institute Archives and Special Collections. 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/29185 Analysis and synthesis of fricative consonants. Wilde, Lorin F. (Lorin Fern) Thesis (Ph. D.)—Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, 1995.; Includes bibliographical references (p. 121-126).; This electronic version was scanned from a copy of the thesis on file at the Speech Communication Group. The certified thesis is available in the Institute Archives and Special Collections 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/29184 Respiratory constraints on speech production at prosodic boundaries. Slifka, Janet Louise Khoenle, 1964- Thesis (Ph. D.)—Harvard--Massachusetts Institute of Technology Division of Health Sciences and Technology, 2000.; Includes bibliographical references (p. 133-137).; This electronic version was scanned from a copy of the thesis on file at the Speech Communication Group. The certified thesis is available in the Institute Archives and Special Collections. 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/29182 Speech synthesis by rule: an acoustic domain approach. Rabiner, Lawrence R., 1943- Thesis (Ph. D.)—Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Electrical Engineering, 1967.; Includes bibliographical references (p. 202-206).; This electronic version was scanned from a copy of the thesis on file at the Speech Communication Group. The certified thesis is available in the Institute Archives and Special Collections. 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/29181 Acoustic and perceptual assessment of stop consonants produced by normal and dysarthric speakers. Poort, Kelly L. (Kelly Lynn) Thesis (Ph. D.)—Harvard--Massachusetts Institute of Technology Division of Health Sciences and Technology, 2000.; Includes bibliographical references (p. 286-290).; This electronic version was scanned from a copy of the thesis on file at the Speech Communication Group. The certified thesis is available in the Institute Archives and Special Collections. 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/29180 Representation of speech-like sounds in the discharge patterns of auditory-nerve fibers. Delgutte, Bertrand Thesis (Ph.D.)—Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, 1981.; Includes bibliographical references (p. 233-242).; This electronic version was scanned from a copy of the thesis on file at the Speech Communication Group. The certified thesis is available in the Institute Archives and Special Collections. 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/27284 Detection of consonant voicing: a module for a hierarchical speech recognition system. Choi, Jeung-Yoon, 1969- Thesis (Ph. D.)—Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, 1999.; Includes bibliographical references (p. 107-111).; This electronic version was scanned from a copy of the thesis on file at the Speech Communication Group. The certified thesis is available in the Institute Archives and Special Collections. 1999-01-01T00:00:00Z https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/27283 LAFF Sentences Sentences recorded from two male and two female speakers. 2005-09-15T20:12:50Z https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/27282 Musical variations from a chaotic mapping Dabby, Diana S. (Diana Stephanie) Thesis (Ph. D.)—Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, 1995.; Includes bibliographical references (p. 161-162).; This electronic version was scanned from a copy of the thesis on file at the Speech Communication Group. The certified thesis is available in the Institute Archives and Special Collections.; 162 leaves. 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/27200 Estimating glottal voicing source characteristics by measuring and modeling the acceleration of the skin on the neck. Cheyne, Harold Arthur, 1971- Thesis (Ph.D.)--Harvard--Massachusetts Institute of Technology Division of Health Sciences and Technology, 2002.; Includes bibliographical references (p. 197-201).; This electronic version was scanned from a copy of the thesis on file at the Speech Communication Group. The certified thesis is available in the Institute Archives and Special Collections. 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/27199 Perceptual and acoustic impacts of aberrant properties of electrolaryngeal speech. Meltzner, Geoffrey S. (Geoffrey Seth), 1973- Thesis (Ph. D.)—Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology, 2003.; Includes bibliographical references (p. 167-171).; This electronic version was prepared by the author. The certified thesis is available in the Institute Archives and Special Collections. 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/27198 Acoustical study of the development of stop consonants in children. Imbrie, Annika Karin Karlsson Thesis (Ph. D.)—Harvard--Massachusetts Institute of Technology Division of Health Sciences and Technology, 2005.; This electronic version was prepared by the author. The certified thesis is available in the Institute Archives and Special Collections.; Includes bibliographical references (p. 142-146). 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/27197 Classification of stop consonant place of articulation. Suchato, Atiwong Thesis (Ph. D.)—Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, 2004.; Includes bibliographical references (p. 175-179).; This electronic version was prepared by the author. The certified thesis is available in the Institute Archives and Special Collections. 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/26675 Hanson bVd syllables bVd syllables recorded from 22 female speakers. 2005-08-25T20:06:39Z https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/25143 Zhao VCCV syllables VCCV utterances recorded from two male and two female speakers 2005-08-19T20:29:27Z https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/25142 LAFF VCV syllables VCV syllables recorded from two male and one female speakers. 2005-08-19T20:23:39Z https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/22397 Speech input for dysarthric computer users. Chang, Hwa-Ping Thesis (Ph.D.)—Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, 1995.; Includes bibliographical references (p. 227-232).; This electronic version was scanned from a copy of the thesis on file at the Speech Communication Group. The certified thesis is available in the Institute Archives and Special Collections. 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/22396 Dynamic articulatory model of speech production using computer simulation. Henke, William L. Thesis (Ph. D.)—Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, 1966.; Includes bibliographical references (p. 124-125).; This electronic version was scanned from a copy of the thesis on file at the Speech Communication Group. The certified thesis is available in the Institute Archives and Special Collections. 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/22395 Discontinuous adventitious lung sounds: measurement, classification, and modeling. Holford, Stephen Kent Thesis (Sc. D.)—Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, 1981.; Includes bibliographical references (p. 170-174).; This electronic version was scanned from a copy of the thesis on file at the Speech Communication Group. The certified thesis is available in the Institute Archives and Special Collections. 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/22394 Formant and burst spectral measurements with quantitative error models for speech sound classification. Hasegawa-Johnson, Mark Allan Thesis (Ph. D.)—Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, 1996.; Includes bibliographical references (p. 142-145).; This electronic version was scanned from a copy of the thesis on file at the Speech Communication Group. The certified thesis is available in the Institute Archives and Special Collections. 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/22393 Glottal characteristics of female speakers. Hanson, Helen M. Thesis (Ph. D.)—Harvard University, Division of Applied Sciences, 1995.; Includes bibliographical references (p. 118-123).; This electronic version was scanned from a copy of the thesis on file at the Speech Communication Group. 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/22392 The phonetics and phonology of tonal systems. Dilley, Laura Christine, 1974- Thesis (Ph. D.)—Harvard University-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology, 2005.; Includes bibliographical references (p. 141-148).; This electronic version was scanned from a copy of the thesis on file at the Speech Communication Group. The certified thesis is available in the Institute Archives and Special Collections. 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/22386 An articulatory model for the vocal tracts of growing children. Goldstein, Ursula Gisela Thesis (Sc. D.)—Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, 1980.; Includes bibliographical references (p. 264-270).; This electronic version was scanned from a copy of the thesis on file at the Speech Communication Group. The certified thesis is available in the Institute Archives and Special Collections. 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/22375 Vowel articulation and laryngeal control in the speech of the deaf. Bush, Marcia Ann Thesis (Ph.D.)—Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, 1981.; Includes bibliographical references (leaves 185-192).; This electronic version was scanned from a copy of the thesis on file at the Speech Communication Group. The certified thesis is available in the Institute Archives and Special Collections. 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/21439 Acoustic-phonetic constraints in continuous speech recognition: a case study using the digit vocabulary. Chen, Francine Robina. Thesis (Ph.D.)—Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, 1985.; Includes bibliographical references (leaves 155-159).; This electronic version was scanned from a copy of the thesis on file at the Speech Communication Group. The certified thesis is available in the Institute Archives and Special Collections. 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/21436 Acoustic correlates of nasality in speech. Chen, Marilyn Y. (Marilyn Yun-Fei) Thesis (Ph.D.)—Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Whitaker College of Health Sciences and Technology, 1996.; Includes bibliographical references (p. 157-166).; This electronic version was scanned from a copy of the thesis on file at the Speech Communication Group. The certified thesis is available in the Institute Archives and Special Collections. 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/21325 Investigation of phonation using excised larynxes. Baer, Thomas Thesis (Ph.D.)—Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, 1975.; Includes bibliographical references (p. 293-303); This electronic version was scanned from a copy of the thesis on file at the MIT Speech Communication Group. The certified thesis is available in the Institute Archives and Special Collections. 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/4955 Formalizing knowledge used in spectrogram reading : acoustic and perceptual evidence from stops Also issued as Thesis (Ph. D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, 1988.; Includes bibliographical references. 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/4427 The recognition of speech by machine "May 1, 1961." "Based on a thesis submitted to the Department of Electrical Engineering, M. I. T. ... 1959, in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Science." "May 1, 1961."; Includes bibliography. 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/4263 Speaker-machine interaction in automatic speech recognition. Also issued as a Ph.D. thesis in the Dept. of Electrical Engineering, 1970.; Bibliography: p.109-112. 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/4239 Pitch and spectral analysis of speech based on an auditory synchrony model Also issued as Thesis (Ph. D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, 1985.; Includes bibliographical references (p. 228-235). 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/4238 Representation of consonants in the peripheral auditory system : a modeling study of the correspondence between response properties and phonetic features Also issued as Thesis (Ph. D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, 1985.; Includes bibliographical references (p. 267-276). 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/4237 The acoustics of fricative consonants Originally presented as the author's thesis (Ph. D.--Massachusetts Institute of Technology), 1985.; Bibliography: p. 192-194. 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/4214 An acoustic-phonetic approach to speech recognition : application to the semivowels Originally presented as author's thesis (Ph. D.-- Massachusetts Institute of Technology), 1987.; Bibliography: p. 203-207. 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/4204 Acoustic evidence for the development of speech Includes bibliographical references (p. 124-132). 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/4197 Syllable-based constraints on properties of English sounds Also issued as Thesis (Ph. D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, 1989.; Includes bibliographical references (p. 169-174). 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/4189 An acoustic and perceptual study of vowel formant trajectories in American English Includes bibliographical references (p. 143-146). 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/4183 Modeling speech perception in noise : the stop consonants as a case study Includes bibliographical references (p. 129-133). 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/4121 Automatic syllable detection for vowel landmarks Supervised by Kenneth N. Stevens.; Also issued as Thesis (Sc.D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, 2000.; Includes bibliographical references (p. 192-200). 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z