LEARNING OUTCOMES
After the course, the student is able to describe and make use of basic phenomena in speech communication, and describe and apply common speech processing methods, especially processing in the time-frequency domain.
Credits: 5
Schedule: 08.09.2022 - 17.10.2022
Teacher in charge (valid for whole curriculum period):
Teacher in charge (applies in this implementation): Tom Bäckström
Contact information for the course (applies in this implementation):
CEFR level (valid for whole curriculum period):
Language of instruction and studies (applies in this implementation):
Teaching language: English. Languages of study attainment: English
CONTENT, ASSESSMENT AND WORKLOAD
Content
valid for whole curriculum period:
Basics of speech signal processing. Basics of perceptually motivated signal processing. Acoustic theory of speech production. The functions, acoustics and modelling of the speech production. Phones and phonation. Digital representations and features of speech signals. Time-frequency analysis of speech signals. Principles of speech coding, enhancement and information extraction. Ethical issues in speech processing, privacy in particular.
Assessment Methods and Criteria
valid for whole curriculum period:
Examination and assignments.
Workload
valid for whole curriculum period:
Lectures: 30 h (5 h / week)
Exercises: 20 h
Own work: 80 h
Exam: 3 h
Total: 133 h
Attendance in the exam is compulsory.
DETAILS
Substitutes for Courses
valid for whole curriculum period:
Prerequisites
valid for whole curriculum period:
SDG: Sustainable Development Goals
9 Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure
FURTHER INFORMATION
Further Information
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Teaching Language : English
Teaching Period : 2022-2023 Autumn I
2023-2024 Autumn I