Lifewide learning courses and programmes

Speech processing

On this course, the student will learn 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.

Schedule:

Teaching time:

Daytime

Topic:

Information and communications technology

Form of learning:

Exam Online

Provider:

Aalto University, FITech

Level:

Advanced

Credits:

5 By Aalto University (ECTS)

Fee:

€ 0.00

Application period:

1.6.2023 – 27.8.2023

Target group and prerequisites

Basics of digital signal processing.

Course description

Course contents

  • Basics of audio signal processing
  • Basics of psychoacoustics and perceptually motivated signal processing
  • Acoustic theory of speech production
  • The functions, acoustics and modelling of the larynx and the vocal tract
  • Phones and phonation
  • Time-frequency analysis of speech signals
  • Principles of speech coding
  • Linear prediction and its application in processing of speech signals
  • Speech synthesis and speech recognition

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.

Teaching methods

The course can be completed online, but there will a compulsory exam in Otaniemi.

  • Lectures (Otaniemi): on Mondays at 9-12 and Thursdays at 14-16.
  • Exercise sessions (Otaniemi): on Fridays at 14-16.

The course can be passed in Finnish or Swedish on request.

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