Supporting the creative drive: investigating paralinguistic voice as a mode of interaction for artists with upper limb disabilities

For people with upper limb disabilities visual art is an important activity that allows for expression of individuality and independence. They show remarkable endurance, patience and determination to adapt their remaining capabilities to create visual art. There are significant advantages of digital technologies in assisting artists with upper limb disabilities. Paralinguistic voice recognition technologies have proven to be a particularly promising mode of interaction. Despite these benefits, technological support for people with upper limb disabilities to create visual art is scarce. This paper reports on a number of case studies of several artists with upper limb disabilities. These case studies illustrate the struggles they face to be creative and also show the significant advantages of digital technologies in assisting such artists. An investigation into people’s ability to use the volume of their voice to control cursor movement to create drawings on the screen is also reported. With motivation, training and practise, use of volume to control drawing tasks shows great promise. It is believed that paralinguistic voice has wider implications beyond assisting artists with upper limb disabilities, such as: an alternative mode of interaction for disabled people to perform tasks other than creating visual art, alternative mode of interaction for hands busy environments and as a voice training system for people with speech impairments.     

语音识别技术研究

介绍一种实时语音识别系统,对语音识别系统的硬件组成及软件技术进行了论述,所开发的系统具有较高的识别精度,有较为广阔的应用前景。     

An improved method for voice pathology detection by means of a HMM-based feature space transformation

This paper presents new a feature transformation technique applied to improve the screening accuracy for the automatic detection of pathological voices. The statistical transformation is based on Hidden Markov Models, obtaining a transformation and classification stage simultaneously and adjusting the parameters of the model with a criterion that minimizes the classification error. The original feature vectors are built up using classic short-term noise parameters and mel-frequency cepstral coefficients. With respect to conventional approaches found in the literature of automatic detection of pathological voices, the proposed feature space transformation technique demonstrates a significant improvement of the performance with no addition of new features to the original input space. In view of the results, it is expected that this technique could provide good results in other areas such as speaker verification and/or identification.     

基于DSP的矿井光纤直放系统的设计

根据煤矿井下巷道狭长、拐点多、分支多的特点,针对井下环境中移动通信系统通话质量差、可靠性低等问题,提出了一种基于DSP的矿井光纤直放系统的设计方案,详细介绍了系统基于DSP的自动监控单元和FIR数字滤波器的设计及语音激活技术在直放系统中的应用。该光纤直放系统解决了井下广域范围移动通信问题,采用DSP对系统实施自动监控,为系统稳定运行提供了可靠保障;数字滤波器的引入、话音激活技术的应用使井下通信系统性能更稳定、话音质量更好、抗干扰性更强,为矿井移动通信的最佳实现奠定基础。     

AD73322与C54X DSP接口设计

在语音设备的设计过程中,有一重要环节就是选择合适的模拟通道器件与DSP配合工作;在所完成的某小型便携式语音终端的硬件平台开发中,选取TMS320C5416用于语音编解码等复杂语音信号处理;而在众多可以与该DSP配合的AD、DA器件中,集A/D和D/A转换于一身的AD73322成为最好的选择;文中以实际设计案例给出了单片AD73322及多片AD73322级联(外部音频通道较多的场合)与TMS320C5416芯片配合使用的硬件连接方法和编程策略;对于类似的DSP+AD/DA硬件平台设计具有普遍的参考意义。     

基于CTI的语音通知系统设计与开发

数据库技术、文语转换技术和CTI语音卡集成技术共同构建语音通知系统,利用通信终端的Dtmf编码实现语音卡与信息接收者之间交互。可根据不同的单位进行实际部署,提高管理水平及日常工作效率,实际应用效果良好。     

车载环境下基于样本熵的语音端点检测方法

在语音处理中一个关键性问题是如何准确找到语音的起止位置,目前提出许多的语音端点检测算法不能得到理想的检测结果.由于样本熵是近似熵的改进算法,提出车载环境下基于样本熵的语音端点检测方法.并采用模糊C均值聚类算法和贝叶斯信息判决算法进行样本熵特征门限估计,以及使用双门限法进行语音端点检测.在TIMIT连续语音库上的实验表明,车载噪声环境下,样本熵法和近似熵法的检测正确率均远高于谱熵法和能量谱熵法,而样本熵法相对于近似熵法具有更好的检测效果,特别是当信噪比小于等于OdB时,样本熵法的检测性能优于近似熵法近10%.因此,样本熵法在车栽智能语音领域具有很好的应用前景,能够为车载导航提供准确的语音端点检测技术.     

基于近似熵的VDR人声识别技术研究

利用话者识别原理和语音数字信号处理技术对人声建模方法进行研究,建立了基于GMM模型的VDR环境下的人声识别基准系统;从分析影响人声识别率因素的角度出发,指出传统算法的不足,并提出一种基于近似熵的语音端点检测算法。理论分析和实验结果证明:新算法能有效屏蔽大动态冲击性噪声,解决了语音的虚检现象,并且在低信噪比0 dB情况下的识别率提升66%。     

基于似然比测试的语音激活检测算法

针对低信噪比和噪声变化情况下语音激活检测算法性能下降的问题,提出一种新的参数更新和取值算法。该算法采用Laplacian-Gaussian混合模型对带噪语音频谱的概率分布进行建模,模型参数从带噪语音中估计得到,噪声功率参数通过跟踪语音的音节间隙进行平滑。实验结果表明,该算法在-5dB信噪比情况下,可以达到95％以上的检测率,具有优越的跟踪性能。     

超声波测距导盲车关键技术的研究

为了确保盲人或者视觉受损人群独自安全出行、真正解决其出行不便的困难,设计一款成本低廉、精度高,能够得到广泛推广使用的盲人辅助产品是很有必要的。通过分析提高测距精度和减小盲区的方法,设计了导盲车系统。系统由超声波测距和语音播报两部分组成。通过旋转云台搭载超声波探头检测障碍物距离和方位以及路面凹坑,车底前方的电极检测路面积水;由STM32微处理器对各信号进行处理。采用较高的时钟频率来提高测距精度,增加温度传感器补偿进一步保证精度;安装多个探头以及使用旋转云台,通过旋转扫描以减小盲区,再由文字转语音芯片SYN6288播报路况信息。由于采用旋转扫描检测,经过设计实物并测试,基本上能够覆盖前方约 、5-300cm扇形区域。测距分辨率可达到1cm。