Visual Display of Speech Spectra as an Aid to Lip Reading

Authors

Steven L. Tait, Brigham Young University
Dr. William J. Strong, Brigham Young University

Keywords

visual display, speech spectra, lip reading, sound pairs

College

Physical and Mathematical Sciences

Department

Physics and Astronomy

Abstract

Many sound pairs in the English language appear ambiguous to lip readers, such as /pa/ and /ba/ or /ki/ and /gi/. In previous studies, a lip reading aid was developed to overcome this obstacle by processing sound signals and displaying them as polygons (see Hunter, 1997 and Tait, 2000). We extended this study in the course of the research for my Honors Thesis. Different display formats were experimented with and the potential of a visual display of speech spectra was demonstrated. That research has been submitted to the Journal of the Acoustical Society of America for publication.

Recommended Citation

Tait, Steven L. and Strong, Dr. William J. (2013) "Visual Display of Speech Spectra as an Aid to Lip Reading," Journal of Undergraduate Research: Vol. 2013: Iss. 1, Article 2780.
Available at: https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/jur/vol2013/iss1/2780