An Introduction to Digital Speech Processing  (English, Paperback, Rabiner Lawrence R.)

Introduction to Digital Speech Processing highlights the central role of DSP techniques in modern speech communication research and applications. It presents a comprehensive overview of digital speech processing that ranges from the basic nature of the speech signal, through a variety of methods of representing speech in digital form, to applications in voice communication and automatic synthesis and recognition of speech. The book provides the reader with a practical introduction to the wide range of important concepts that comprise the field of digital speech processing. It serves as an invaluable reference for students embarking on speech research as well as the experienced researcher already working in the field, who can utilize the book as a reference guide.