Synthesized speech intelligibility among native speakers and non-native speakers of English

References

• Beukelman D. R., Yorkston K. M. The relationship between information transfer and speech intelligibility of dysarthric speakers. Journal of Communication Disorders 1979; 12: 189–196
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Cohen J. Statistical power analysis for the behavioral sciences (2nd ed.). Lawrence Erlbaum, Hillsdale, NJ 1988
   Google Scholar
• Cool Edit Pro. Syntrillium Software, Scottsdale, AZ 1996
   Google Scholar
• Drager K. D. R., Reichle J. E. Effects of discourse context on the intelligibility of synthesized speech for young adult and older adult listeners: applications for AAC. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research 2001; 44: 1052–1057
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Dunn L. M., Dunn L. M. Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test. American Guidance Service, Inc. Publishing, Circle Pines, MN 1997
   Google Scholar
• Fairbanks G. Voice and Articulation Drillbook (2nd ed.). Harper and Row, New York 1960
   Google Scholar
• Fucci D., Reynolds M. E., Bettagere R., Gonzales M. D. Synthetic speech intelligibility under several experimental conditions. Augmentative and Alternative Communication 1995; 11: 113–117
   Google Scholar
• Gat I. B., Keith R. W. An effect of linguistic experience: auditory word discrimination by native and non-native speakers of English. Audiology 1978; 17: 339–345
   PubMedGoogle Scholar
• Greene B. G., Logan J. S., Pisoni D. B. Perception of synthetic speech produced automatically by rule: Intelligibility of eight text-to-speech systems. Behavior Research Methods, Instruments & Computers 1986; 18: 100–107
   PubMedGoogle Scholar
• Greene B. G. Perception of synthetic speech by non-native speakers of English. Proceedings of the Human Factors Society, 30th Annual Meeting, 2. 1986. Santa Monica, CA, 1340–1343
   Google Scholar
• Greenspan S. L., Nusbaum H. C., Pisoni D. B. Perceptual learning of synthetic speech produced by rule. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition 1988; 14: 421–433
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Hoover J., Reichle J., Van Tassel D., Cole D. The intelligibility of synthesized speech: Echo II versus Votrax. Journal of Speech and Hearing Research 1987; 30: s425–s431
   PubMedGoogle Scholar
• Huer M. B. Augmentative and alternative communication: Changing demographic patterns. California State University, Fullerton, undated Unpublished manuscript
   Google Scholar
• Humes L. E., Nelson K. J., Pisoni D. B., Lively S. E. Effects of age on serial recall of natural and synthetic speech. Journal of Speech and Hearing Research 1993; 36: 634–639
   PubMedGoogle Scholar
• Johnson K. Speech perception without speaker normalization: An exemplar model. Talker variability in speech processing, K. Johnson, J. Mullenix. Academic Press, New York 1997; 145–166
   Google Scholar
• Kalikow D. N., Stevens K. N. Development of a test of speech intelligibility in noise using sentence materials with controlled predictability. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 1977; 61: 1337–1351
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Kangas K. A., Allen G. D. Intelligibility of synthetic speech for normal-hearing and hearingimpaired listeners. Journal of Speech and Hearing Disorders 1990; 55: 751–755
   PubMedGoogle Scholar
• Klatt D. Review of text-to-speech conversion for English. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 1987; 82: v-793
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Lindblom B. On the communication process: Speaker-listener interaction and the development of speech. Augmentative and Alternative Communication 1990; 6: 220–230
   Google Scholar
• Marics M. A., Williges B. H. The intelligibility of synthesized speech in data inquiry systems. Human Factors 1988; 30: 719–732
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• McNaughton D., Fallon K., Tod J., Weiner F., Neisworth J. Effect of repeated listening experiences on the intelligibility of synthesized speech. Augmentative and Alternative Communication 1994; 10: 161–168
   Google Scholar
• Mirenda P., Beukelman D. R. A comparison of speech synthesis intelligibility with listeners from three age groups. Augmentative and Alternative Communication 1987; 3: 120–128
   Google Scholar
• Mirenda P., Beukelman D. R. A comparison of intelligibility among natural speech and seven speech synthesizers with listeners from three age groups. Augmentative and Alternative Communication 1990; 6: 61–68
   Google Scholar
• Munson B. Relationships between vocabulary growth and spoken word recognition in children aged 3 – 7. Contemporary Issues in Communication Disorders and Sciences 2001; 28: 20–29
   Google Scholar
• Nelson P., Kohnert K., Sabur S., Shaw D. Classroom noise and children learning through a second language: Double jeopardy?. Language, Speech and Hearing Services in Schools 2005; 36: 219–229
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Nusbaum H. C., Pisoni D. B. Constraints on the perception of synthetic speech generated by rule. Behavior Research Methods, Instruments, and Computers 1985; 17: 235–242
   PubMedGoogle Scholar
• Reynolds M. E., Bond Z. S., Fucci D. Synthetic speech intelligibility: Comparison of native and non-native speakers of English. Augmentative and Alternative Communication 1996; 12: 32–36
   Google Scholar
• Soto G., Huer M. B., Taylor O. Multicultural issues. Augmentative and alternative communication: handbook of principles and practice, L. Lloyd, D. Fuller, O. Taylor. Allyn & Bacon, Needham Heights, MA 1997; 406–413
   Google Scholar
• US Bureau of Census. 2000 Summary Files 1 & 2. 2000, Retrieved from US Census Bureau Download Center-American Fact Finder http://factfinder.census.gov/servletDownloadDatasetServlet?lang=en
   Google Scholar
• Venkatagiri H. S. Effects of rate and pitch variations on the intelligibility of synthesized speech. Augmentative and Alternative Communication 1991; 7: 284–289
   Google Scholar