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Application Of Speech Rate Conversion Technology To Video Editing: Allows Up To 5 Times Normal Speed Playback While Maintaining Speech Intelligibility

Authors: Imai, Atsushi; Seiyama, Nobumasa; Mishima, Takeshi; Takagi, Tohru; Miyasaka, Eiichi

AES Conference: 20th International Conference: Archiving, Restoration, and New Methods of Recording · Paper 1934 · October 2001

Abstract

This paper describes an application of speech rate conversion technology to video editing. In video editing, it is common to search through the material at several times normal speed. The speech rate conversion technology maintains the original pitch and timbre of speech despite playing it back at a faster rate, which is varied adaptively to permit fast listening in real-time. In listening tests, users were able to comprehend speech played at up to 5 times normal speed which was incomprehensible without the adaptive rate conversion.

Details

Published in
AES Conference: 20th International Conference: Archiving, Restoration, and New Methods of Recording
Paper number
1934
Publication date
October 6, 2001
Session subject
Archiving, Restoration, and New Methods of Recording
Affiliation
NHK (Japanese Broadcasting Corp.) Science and Technical Research Laboratories, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo, Japan (See document for exact affiliation information.)
Type
Conference Paper