Accession Number:

AD0462836

Title:

TECHNIQUE FOR EVALUATION OF SPEECH SYSTEMS.

Descriptive Note:

Semiannual progress rept. no. 1, 1 Jul31 Dec 64,

Corporate Author:

STANFORD RESEARCH INST MENLO PARK CA

Personal Author(s):

• Clarke, Frank R.
• Nixon, James C.
• Stuntz, Stephen E.

Report Date:

1965-04-01

Pagination or Media Count:

1.0

Abstract:

This report covers the progress made and the conclusions reached during the first six months of effort on the development of an automated speech intelligibility test. The literature in intelligibility testing has been surveyed and evaluated. Six of the most common intelligibility tests have been compared in terms of their materials, employment of speakers and listeners, validity and reliability of results, and potential for automation. On the basis of theoretical considerations and well-known empirical findings, it is concluded that the requirement for a highly efficient and reliable automated test procedure can best be satistifed with a multiple-choice test in which the set of possible messages is known to the listener. Author

Descriptors:

• (*SPEECH RECOGNITION
• TEST METHODS)
• SPEECH TRANSMISSION
• AUTOMATION
• HUMAN FACTORS ENGINEERING
• BIBLIOGRAPHIES

Subject Categories:

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE