Proceedings of the 1997 IEEE Workshop on Speech Coding for Telecommunications, pp. 81-82, Pocono Manor, PA, September 7-10, 1997.
Listener Ratings of Speech Passbands
doi: 10.1109/SCFT.1997.623906Cite This Publication
Stephen D. Voran, “Listener Ratings of Speech Passbands,” in Proceedings of the 1997 IEEE Workshop on Speech Coding for Telecommunications pp. 81-82, Pocono Manor, PA, September 7-10, 1997.. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/SCFT.1997.623906
Stephen D. Voran 
Abstract: We describe a listening experiment that measures the perceived speech quality of 19 speech passbands using 8 talkers and 28 listeners. Results are referenced to the traditional wide-band and narrow-band telephony passbands. Our findings may help those who wish to select new speech coding passbands that maximize perceived speech quality under bit-rate constraints. We identify several passbands that show particular promise.
Keywords: telephony; wideband; speech coding; bandwidth; Narrowband; Niobium; Passband; Phase change materials; Costs
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