Speech and Audio Processing
A MATLAB®-based Approach

An accessible introduction to speech and audio processing with numerous practical illustrations, exercises, and hands-on MATLAB® examples.

Ian Vince McLoughlin (Author)

9781107085466, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 21 July 2016

400 pages, 126 b/w illus. 16 tables 108 exercises
25.2 x 17.8 x 2 cm, 0.94 kg

'Professor McLoughlin has condensed the very broad research and subject area of speech and audio processing into a highly readable book - it provides new students to the field with a very quick and practical overview of the subject.' Chng Eng Siong, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

With this comprehensive and accessible introduction to the field, you will gain all the skills and knowledge needed to work with current and future audio, speech, and hearing processing technologies. Topics covered include mobile telephony, human-computer interfacing through speech, medical applications of speech and hearing technology, electronic music, audio compression and reproduction, big data audio systems and the analysis of sounds in the environment. All of this is supported by numerous practical illustrations, exercises, and hands-on MATLAB® examples on topics as diverse as psychoacoustics (including some auditory illusions), voice changers, speech compression, signal analysis and visualisation, stereo processing, low-frequency ultrasonic scanning, and machine learning techniques for big data. With its pragmatic and application driven focus, and concise explanations, this is an essential resource for anyone who wants to rapidly gain a practical understanding of speech and audio processing and technology.

1. Introduction
2. Basic audio processing
3. Speech
4. The human auditory system
5. Psychoacoustics
6. Speech communications
7. Audio analysis
8. Big data
9. Speech recognition
10. Advanced topics
11. Conclusion.

Subject Areas: Audio processing [UYU], Signal processing [UYS], Electronic devices & materials [TJFD], Electronics engineering [TJF], Computational linguistics [CFX]