EE 8373 Digital Speech Processing

Spring 2004
Lecture 1
Reading
Quatieri: Ch. 1
R&S: Ch. 1

Feel free to do as many of the exercises as

you want
Play with speech files. Experiment.
Fill out the feedback forms

Note: A large part of the material in the

notes has been borrowed from slides that
Dr. Larry Rabiner put together, and they are
intended for use only in this class.

EE 8373
Digital Speech Processing

Instructor:
Professor Panos Papamichalis
Office: Room 349, Junkins
Telephone: 214-768-4905
E-mail: panos@engr.smu.edu
Office Hours: M-W-F 10:00-11:00, or by appointment
(but you can send an e-mail any time)
Course Description:
A detailed treatment of theory and application of digital
speech processing. The course provides a fundamental knowledge of speech signals
and speech processing techniques. Topics include digital speech coding, speech
synthesis, speech recognition, and speaker verification.
Prerequisites: EE 7372, Digital Signal Processing
Text:

Discrete-Time Signal Processing, Thomas Quatieri

Prentice-Hall, 2002 (Required)
Digital Processing of Speech Signals, L. Rabiner & R. Schafer
Prentice-Hall, 1978 (Optional)

Grading:

Homework
Computer projects
Final Exam

20%
50%
30% (Sat, May 1, 11:30-14:30)

Homework & Computer Projects:

The homework will be more of the analytical type.
Computer projects will require you to process signals and then view and listen to them.
The processing should be done using MATLAB, and the MATLAB files should accompany
the project, to be able to duplicate your results.
Late homework: Solutions will be given on the lecture period after the homework is
collected. No homework will be accepted after solutions are posted.
Late projects: The projects due date for distance education students will be one lecture
period after the in-class students. The grade will be reduced by 10% for every lecture
period you miss in turning it in. No projects will be accepted after the last day of classes.
Feedback:
After every lecture:
What stood out as most important in todays lecture?
What are you confused about?
Other comments / complaints / suggestions?

Course Website use

Engr.smu.edu/ee/8373
Place homework assignments and answers
Project assignments
Place lecture notes weekly
Other links like:
Cooledit 96

MATLAB use
Access on campus / off campus
Student MATLAB version 13
Process speech files / view results / listen to results
.wav files read / modify / playback (wavread, wavwrite, wavplay)

Types of Speech Processing and Applications

Speech Processing

Coding

Store-and-forward
Applications: Cell
phones

Synthesis

Enhancement

Word concatenation Aids to the

handicapped
Text to Speech
Helium speech
Cocktail-party effect

Recognition

Speech recognition
Speaker verification
Speaker identification

Helicopter speech

Another area: High-quality Audio processing

EE 8373 Digital Speech Processing

Spring 2004
Lecture 2
Reading
Quatieri: Ch. 2
R&S: Ch. 2

Fill out the feedback forms

Send me an e-mail to get your e-mail address
Feel free to do as many of the exercises as
you want
Play with speech files. Experiment.

Speech Communication Mechanism

Digital Processing of Speech

Speech Source

Speech Sink

Which tea party did Baker go to?

Digital Processing of Speech Signals

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EE 8373 Digital Speech Processing

Spring 2004
Lecture 3
Reading
Quatieri: Ch. 2 (cont)
R&S: Ch. 2 (cont)

Fill out the feedback forms

Send me an e-mail to get your e-mail address
Feel free to do as many of the exercises as
you want
Play with speech files. Experiment.

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