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SPEAKER VARIATIONS IN VOICE COMMAND SYSTEMS

Award Information
Agency: Department of Defense
Branch: Army
Contract: N/A
Agency Tracking Number: 4248
Amount: $50,000.00
Phase: Phase I
Program: SBIR
Solicitation Topic Code: N/A
Solicitation Number: N/A
Timeline
Solicitation Year: N/A
Award Year: 1986
Award Start Date (Proposal Award Date): N/A
Award End Date (Contract End Date): N/A
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Socially and Economically Disadvantaged: No
Principal Investigator
 JOHN MARLEY
 (602) 998-5870
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Abstract

A NOVEL SIGNAL PROCESSING AND PHONETIC ANALYSIS SYSTEM OPERATING IN THE TIME DOMAIN IS PROPOSED WHICH AVOIDS THE COSTLY AND TIMECONSUMING MATHEMATICAL SOFTWARE FILTERING SCHEMES OFTEN USED. THE PITCH SYNCHRONOUS RATIOMETRIC FACTORS REPRESENTING PHONEMIC ELEMENTS OF SPEECH ARE SEPARATED FROM THE SPORADIC NOISE AND CERTAIN PERSONALITY VARIABLE FEATURES. THE PURIFIED STRING OF ENCODED PHONETIC ELEMENTS IS PROPOSED AS INPUT TO A VOICE COMMAND SYSTEM BASED ON A SPEAKER INDEPENDENT LEXICON OF PHONETICALLY ORGANIZED WORD AND CONNECTED PHRASES WHICH IS RATHER INSENSITIVE TO SPEAKER STRESS AND BACKGROUND NOISE.

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