Importance of intelligible phonemes for human speaker recognition in different channel bandwidths

Laura FERNANDEZ GALLARDO; Sebastian MOELLER; Michael WAGNER

Importance of intelligible phonemes for human speaker recognition in different channel bandwidths

Laura FERNANDEZ GALLARDO, Sebastian MOELLER, Michael WAGNER

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Abstract

It is known that nasal consonants and vowels are more effective than other phonemes for human speaker recognition. However, the influence of channel transmissions on the speakerdiscriminative capabilities of phonemes has not yet been examined. Specifically, the speech bandwidth has a strong effect on the human speaker recognition performance and also on the speech intelligibility. The phonemes that permit more accurate human speaker recognition are determined in this study by means of a speaker verification auditory test, focusing on the differences in performance when the stimuli are presented to listeners in narrowband and in wideband. The speech intelligibility is also investigated via an intelligibility test employing the same speech stimuli. Finally, the possible relationship between phonemes offering better human speaker recognition and more intelligible phonemes in the transition to an enhanced bandwidth is discussed.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of Interspeech 2015
Editors	Sebastian Möller, Hermann Ney, Bernd Möbius, Elmar Nöth, Stefan Steidl
Place of Publication	Dresden, Germany
Publisher	International Speech Communication Association (ISCA)
Pages	1047-1051
Number of pages	5
ISBN (Print)	9781510817906
Publication status	Published - 6 Sept 2015
Event	16th Annual Conference of the International Speech Communication Association (INTERSPEECH 2015) - Dresden, Dresden, Germany Duration: 6 Sept 2015 → 10 Sept 2015 http://interspeech2015.org/ (Conference information)

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Name	Proceedings of the Annual Conference of the International Speech Communication Association, INTERSPEECH
ISSN (Electronic)	1047-1051

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Conference	16th Annual Conference of the International Speech Communication Association (INTERSPEECH 2015)
Abbreviated title	INTERSPEECH 2015
Country/Territory	Germany
City	Dresden
Period	6/09/15 → 10/09/15
Internet address	http://interspeech2015.org/ (Conference information)

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FERNANDEZ GALLARDO, L., MOELLER, S., & WAGNER, M. (2015). Importance of intelligible phonemes for human speaker recognition in different channel bandwidths. In S. Möller, H. Ney, B. Möbius, E. Nöth, & S. Steidl (Eds.), Proceedings of Interspeech 2015 (pp. 1047-1051). (Proceedings of the Annual Conference of the International Speech Communication Association, INTERSPEECH). International Speech Communication Association (ISCA). https://www.isca-speech.org/archive/interspeech_2015/papers/i15_1047.pdf

FERNANDEZ GALLARDO, Laura ; MOELLER, Sebastian ; WAGNER, Michael. / Importance of intelligible phonemes for human speaker recognition in different channel bandwidths. Proceedings of Interspeech 2015. editor / Sebastian Möller ; Hermann Ney ; Bernd Möbius ; Elmar Nöth ; Stefan Steidl. Dresden, Germany : International Speech Communication Association (ISCA), 2015. pp. 1047-1051 (Proceedings of the Annual Conference of the International Speech Communication Association, INTERSPEECH).

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FERNANDEZ GALLARDO, L, MOELLER, S & WAGNER, M 2015, Importance of intelligible phonemes for human speaker recognition in different channel bandwidths. in S Möller, H Ney, B Möbius, E Nöth & S Steidl (eds), Proceedings of Interspeech 2015. Proceedings of the Annual Conference of the International Speech Communication Association, INTERSPEECH, International Speech Communication Association (ISCA), Dresden, Germany, pp. 1047-1051, 16th Annual Conference of the International Speech Communication Association (INTERSPEECH 2015), Dresden, Saxony, Germany, 6/09/15. <https://www.isca-speech.org/archive/interspeech_2015/papers/i15_1047.pdf>

Importance of intelligible phonemes for human speaker recognition in different channel bandwidths. / FERNANDEZ GALLARDO, Laura; MOELLER, Sebastian; WAGNER, Michael.
Proceedings of Interspeech 2015. ed. / Sebastian Möller; Hermann Ney; Bernd Möbius; Elmar Nöth; Stefan Steidl. Dresden, Germany: International Speech Communication Association (ISCA), 2015. p. 1047-1051 (Proceedings of the Annual Conference of the International Speech Communication Association, INTERSPEECH).

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FERNANDEZ GALLARDO L, MOELLER S, WAGNER M. Importance of intelligible phonemes for human speaker recognition in different channel bandwidths. In Möller S, Ney H, Möbius B, Nöth E, Steidl S, editors, Proceedings of Interspeech 2015. Dresden, Germany: International Speech Communication Association (ISCA). 2015. p. 1047-1051. (Proceedings of the Annual Conference of the International Speech Communication Association, INTERSPEECH).

Importance of intelligible phonemes for human speaker recognition in different channel bandwidths

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