| CODE | LIN3503 | ||||||||||||
| TITLE | Speech Technology | ||||||||||||
| UM LEVEL | 03 - Years 2, 3, 4 in Modular Undergraduate Course | ||||||||||||
| MQF LEVEL | 6 | ||||||||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | 4 | ||||||||||||
| DEPARTMENT | Institute of Linguistics and Language Technology | ||||||||||||
| DESCRIPTION | Speech understanding and generation are fundamental to the creation of Natural Language-based interfaces. Current technologies for carrying out these tasks are now becoming viable in real-world applications. This unit will focus on these contemporary approaches, with emphasis on the following topics: - Automatic Speech Recognition, that is, the automatic decoding of speech signals obtained from speakers; - Text-to-Speech Synthesis, that is, the automatic encoding of text into fluent speech. In both cases, a diversity of approaches will be reviewed, with emphasis on contemporary statistical methods. Study-unit Aims The unit aims to give students a practical introduction to Speech Technology, in which they will be encouraged to bring to bear their theoretical knowledge of Phonetics and Phonology to the design and implementation of systems which process speech data. In addition to a theoretical component, the course will emphasise hands-on experience with processing speech data. Learning Outcomes 1. Knowledge & Understanding: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - understand the main tasks that are carried out by Speech Recognition and Synthesis systems; - critically evaluate the main paradigms that have been adopted in these areas to date. 2. Skills: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - apply theoretical concepts to practical tasks involving computational design and implementation; - appreciate the complexity of the human capacity to produce and understand speech, and the computational mechanisms that can model this capacity. Main Text/s and any supplementary readings - T. Dutoit (1997). An introduction to text-to-speech synthesis. Dordrecht: Kluwer [Available in UoM Library] - D. Jurafsky and J.H. Martin (2009). Speech and Language Processing (2nd edition). New Jersey: Prentice Hall [First edition available in UoM Library] - T. Mitchell (1998). Machine learning. McGraw Hill [Available in UoM Library] |
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| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Lecture and Practicum | ||||||||||||
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| LECTURER/S | Andrea De Marco |
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