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| Committee | Date Time | Place | Paper Title / Authors | Abstract | Paper # | |
| SP | 2013-02-28 15:00 |
Aichi | Daido University | [Poster Presentation]
Autocorrelation-based Representation of Prosodic Feature for Accent Type Recognition Yusuke Onishi, Mitsuru Nakai (Toyama Pref. Univ.)  SP2012-123 |
In this paper, we used autocorrelation coefficients of speech wave form as prosodic features. In experiments, we evaluat... [more] | SP2012-123 pp.29-30 |
| IA | 2013-02-15 13:30 |
Tokyo | Kikai-Shinko-Kaikan Bldg. | The Quantum Mechanics of Logic (Digital Linguistics Part-4)
-- Human Consciousness is Immune Networks of Experience/Learning Memories and the Results of their Logical Query Operations (A Hypothesis) -- Kimiaki Tokumaru (System Engineer) IA2012-81 |
Logical thinking sometimes reminds us of dubious syllogism. However, logic circuits in Computer CPUs and life logics of ... [more] | IA2012-81 pp.67-72 |
| SP | 2012-03-09 16:15 |
Saitama | Riken Brain Science Institute | Improvement of CRF-Based Accent Sandhi Prediction Using The Features Derived from Accent Rules Shumpei Kobayashi, Shinya Shimizu, Nobuaki Minematsu, Keikichi Hirose (Tokyo Univ.), Hiroko Hirano (Huaqiao Foreign Languages Institute) SP2011-172 |
When developing Japanese text-to-speech (TTS) systems, algorithms to accurately predict accent types of each constituent... [more] | SP2011-172 pp.95-100 |
| EA | 2011-10-28 16:30 |
Nagano | Faculty of Engineering, Shinshu Univ. | Effectiveness of Emphasizing Filters for Listener's Formant Frequencies of Vowels Daiki Sugimoto, Kenji Furihata (Shinshu Univ.) EA2011-74 |
The formant hypothesis of vowel perception, where the lowest two or three formant frequencies are essential cues for vow... [more] | EA2011-74 pp.37-42 |
| TL | 2011-08-05 14:15 |
Hiroshima | Hiroshima Univ. | Word-initial prosody in the utterance of Chinese Native Speakers Learning Japanese
-- Through a comparison to the utterance of Japanese Native Speakers -- Kanliang Guo, Hiromu Sakai, Yosuke Igarashi (Hiroshima Univ.) TL2011-10 |
In the utterance of Japanese native speakers, the pitch rising is observed from the first mora to the second mora of eac... [more] | TL2011-10 pp.13-18 |
| SP | 2011-03-04 14:45 |
Tokyo | Faculty of Engineering, The University of Tokyo | Prosodic Analysis of Telephone Numbers Uttered by Native and Non-Native Speakers of Japanese Kanae Amino (JSPS/NRIPS), Takashi Osanai (NRIPS) SP2010-117 |
In order to develop a foreign accent identification system, we compared the prosodic structures of Japanese telephone nu... [more] | SP2010-117 pp.13-18 |
| SP | 2011-03-04 15:15 |
Tokyo | Faculty of Engineering, The University of Tokyo | Perceptual Study on the Effects of Language Transfer on the Naturalness of Japanese Prosody for Isolated Words Shuhei Kato, Greg Short, Nobuaki Minematsu, Keikichi Hirose (Univ. of Tokyo) SP2010-118 |
Many Japanese language learners have a desire to learn how to speak natural sounding Japanese. Despite this, due to lang... [more] | SP2010-118 pp.19-24 |
| SP | 2011-03-05 15:15 |
Tokyo | Faculty of Engineering, The University of Tokyo | An Analysis on the Perception of Pitch Level Changes for Japanese Words Greg Short, Keikichi Hirose, Nobuaki Minematsu (Univ. of Tokyo.) SP2010-128 |
In order to successfully construct a system to recognize errors in pitch accent for Japanese language learners, we have ... [more] | SP2010-128 pp.79-84 |
| SP | 2011-01-28 09:15 |
Kyoto | NICT | Automatic Prediction of Accent Phrase Boundaries using Linguistic and F0 Information Asami Yamamoto, Kook Cho, Yoichi Yamashita (Ritsumeikan Univ.) SP2010-109 |
Speech synthesis techniques require speech data which is annotated with labels concerning prosodic information. This pap... [more] | SP2010-109 pp.37-42 |
| TL | 2010-08-05 - 2010-08-06 |
Tokyo | Kikai-Shinko-Kaikan Bldg. | Testing Duration Effect in Southern Min-accented Mandarin Yi-Ling Chung (CCU, Taiwan) |
Although Tajima et al. (1997) argued that segment duration plays an important role in perceiving a foreign accent, but t... [more] | |
| SP | 2010-03-05 17:00 |
Tokyo | Shibaura Inst. of Tech. (Toyosu Campus) | Acoustic features of "un" and the preceding utterance for classifying discourse functions Yuichi Ishimoto, Mika Enomoto (Tokyo Univ. of Tech.), Hanae Koiso (NIJLA) SP2009-168 |
Japanese ``un'' can be classified discourse functions as Aizuchi and answer/acknowledgement. In this study, we purpose t... [more] | SP2009-168 pp.117-122 |
| SP | 2009-11-26 15:15 |
Shizuoka | Shizuoka University | [Invited Talk]
Fundamental Frequency Models and the Applications Yoichi Yamashita (Ritsumeikan Univ.) SP2009-66 |
Many F0 models have been proposed to represent F0 behaviors that include characteristics of F0 time trajectories for spo... [more] | SP2009-66 pp.25-30 |
| SP | 2009-06-25 15:30 |
Hokkaido | Clark Memorial Hall, Hokkaido Univ. | Segmentation of the Accentual Phrase Based on the F0 Model Hiroki Oohashi, Hideaki Kikuchi, Akira Ichikawa (Waseda Univ.) SP2009-40 |
We examined whether information that notified of the boundary of accentual phrase beforehand was included in F0. In the ... [more] | SP2009-40 pp.99-103 |
| SP | 2009-03-05 15:15 |
Tokyo | Tokyo Univ. of Technology | Words with inadequate pitch accents activate the medial frontal gyrus: An event-related fMRI study Ikuyo Katsuse (Kinki Univ.) SP2008-145 |
Recently, a lot of researches have reported that motor areas were activated by passive speech perception. In this resear... [more] | SP2008-145 pp.19-24 |
| SP, NLC | 2008-12-10 16:10 |
Tokyo | Waseda Univ. | Characteristics of pitch accents in infant-directed speech
-- An analysis of Riken Japanese Mother-Infant Conversation Corpus -- Mafuyu Kitahara (Waseda Univ.), Ken'ya Nishikawa (RIKEN/Keio Univ.), Yosuke Igarashi (NIJL/RIKEN), Takahito Shinya (Sophi Univ./RIKEN), Reiko Mazuka (RIKEN/Duke Univ.) NLC2008-46 SP2008-101 |
Pitch in R-JMICC and list reading data from the same group of speakers were analyzed. Accentual pitch and maximum pitch... [more] |
NLC2008-46 SP2008-101 pp.133-136 |
| SP | 2008-10-23 16:30 |
Kumamoto | Kumamoto Univ. | Automatic estimation of the accent type for spoken sentences based on CRF and a stochastic F0 model Kazuhiro Suzuki, Asami Yamamoto, Kook Cho, Yoichi Yamashita (Ritsumeikan Univ.) SP2008-61 |
This paper proposes methods of automatic estimation of the accent type for spoken sentences in order to facilitate build... [more] | SP2008-61 pp.31-36 |
| SP | 2008-10-24 10:00 |
Kumamoto | Kumamoto Univ. | The phonetics research for Language of Pakistan
-- Urdu -- Ur Rehman Anis (Kagoshima Univ.) SP2008-66 |
This report is just about, an overview of the characteristics of intonation in Urdu (The language of Pakistan). The term... [more] | SP2008-66 pp.57-59 |
| TL | 2008-08-08 16:15 |
Miyagi | Hotel Onikobe | Monitoring Metrical Information in Internally Generated Speech
-- An Investigation of Pitch-Accent Assignment using a Default Rule -- Yoichi Kureta (Showa Univ.), Takao Fushimi (Kitasato Univ.), Naoko Sakuma (Tokyo Metropolitan Inst. of Gerontology), Itaru F. Tatsumi (LD/Dyslexia Center) TL2008-23 |
To examine a default metrical rule from which the pattern of pitch-accent could be derived, we had participants carry ou... [more] | TL2008-23 pp.61-66 |
| SP | 2008-06-27 - 2008-06-28 |
Hokkaido | Pitch accent recognition by native English speakers and native Japanese speakers Tamami Katayama (Hokkaido Univ.) SP2008-36 |
This study examined how native English speakers and native Japanese speakers recognize pitch accent within Japanese word... [more] | SP2008-36 pp.93-98 |
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| SP | 2008-06-27 - 2008-06-28 |
Hokkaido | Acoustic cue for accent perception in Japanese Kaori Nakao (Osaka Univ.) SP2008-35 |
The main objective of this paper is to discuss how listeners perceive tonal patterns in Osaka Japanese. For Experiment... [more] |
SP2008-35 pp.89-92 |
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