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1Speech perception — is the process by which the sounds of language are heard, interpreted and understood. The study of speech perception is closely linked to the fields of phonetics and phonology in linguistics and cognitive psychology and perception in psychology.… …
2Speech signal processing — refers to the acquisition, manipulation, storage, transfer and output of human utterances by a computer. The main goals are the recognition, synthesis and compression of human speech:*Speech recognition (also called voice recognition) focuses on… …
3Speech — refers to the processes associated with the production and perception of sounds used in spoken language. A number of academic disciplines study speech and speech sounds, including acoustics, psychology, speech pathology, linguistics, cognitive… …
4speech disorder — n. any conspicuous speech imperfection, or variation from accepted speech patterns, caused either by a physical defect in the speech organs or by a mental disorder, as aphasia, stuttering, etc. * * * ▪ medicine Introduction any of the… …
5Speech sound disorder — Speech sound disorders are speech disorders in which some speech sounds (called phonemes) in a child s (or, sometimes, an adult s) native language are either not produced, not produced correctly, or are not used correctly. General characteristics …
6speech — n. address, talk 1) to deliver, give, make a speech 2) to ad lib, improvise a speech 3) a boring; brief, short; impromptu, unrehearsed; long; long winded; passionate; rambling; rousing, stirring speech 4) an acceptance; after dinner; campaign;… …
7-impaired — [[t] ɪmpe͟ə(r)d[/t]] COMB in ADJ You use impaired in adjectives where you are describing someone with a particular disability. For example, someone who is hearing impaired has a disability affecting their hearing, and someone who is visually… …
8speech synthesis — Generation of speech by artificial means, usually by computer. Production of sound to simulate human speech is referred to as low level synthesis. High level synthesis deals with the conversion of written text or symbols into an abstract… …
9Speech synthesis — Stephen Hawking is one of the most famous people using speech synthesis to communicate Speech synthesis is the artificial production of human speech. A computer system used for this purpose is called a speech synthesizer, and can be implemented… …
10GPS for the visually impaired — There have been many attempts at integrating Global Positioning System into a navigation assistance system for the blind. GPS was introduced in the late 1980s and since then there have been several research projects. Satellite navigation… …
