2014 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Vocal-tract models for child and adult human-like speech and their application to education in acoustics
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24501063
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Science education
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| Research Institution | Sophia University |
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Principal Investigator |
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| Project Period (FY) |
2012-04-01 – 2015-03-31
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| Keywords | 自然科学教育 / 音響教育教材開発 / 音声生成 / 声道模型 / 可視化・可聴化 / 母音・子音 |
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
To achieve intuitive and easy understanding of the mechanisms behind human speech production, we have developed various educational tools and programs, the main focus of which is a set of vocal-tract models that behave in a human-like manner. We extended our previous models to produce a greater variety of speech sounds, including target speakers that are not only adult males but also adult females and children. In addition, target sounds were not only Japanese vowels but also consonants. These models and programs are being increasingly used for lectures, workshops, and even exhibitions at science museums, and their effectiveness has been ably demonstrated in such situations. Examples of these models in action are now available on our Web site under the name of "Acoustic-Phonetics Demonstrations", and some video clips can be also seen on YouTube.
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| Free Research Field |
音声科学・音声工学を含む音声コミュニケーション、音響学、音響音声学、音響教育
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