Subject: Re: AUDITORY Digest - 25 Jun 2003 to 26 Jun 2003 (#2003-121) From: "Dr.Orhan OZTURAN" <ozturan(at)inonu.edu.tr> Date: Fri, 27 Jun 2003 08:29:23 EEST X-Mailer:BasiliX 1.1.0 -- http://basilix.orgDear Forum Moderator, Please remove myself from the mailing list. I could not do it by myself. My e-mail address is: ozturan(at)inonu.edu.tr Thanks > There are 3 messages totalling 163 lines in this issue. > > Topics of the day: > > 1. SII Software -- New Web Site (Speech Intelligibility Index) > 2. recognizing a source by its harmonic structure > 3. AUDITORY Digest - 23 Jun 2003 to 25 Jun 2003 (#2003-120) > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Date: Thu, 26 Jun 2003 07:58:37 -0400 > From: "C.M. Rankovic" <rankovic(at)ARTICULATION.COM> > Subject: Re: SII Software -- New Web Site (Speech Intelligibility Index) > > I suggest that there should be a validation study associated with the new > SII standard. This could be something like the report published by Kryter > that was associated with ANSI S3.5-1969 (Kryter, KD, 1962, Validation of the > Articulation Index, Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, vol. 34, > no. 11, 1698-1702). > > Sincerely, > Christine Rankovic, PhD > Articulation Incorporated > Cambridge, MA 02139 > > A=V*E*F*H > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Chas Pavlovic" <cpavlovic(at)YAHOO.COM> > To: <AUDITORY(at)LISTS.MCGILL.CA> > Sent: Wednesday, June 25, 2003 6:40 PM > Subject: SII Software -- New Web Site (Speech Intelligibility Index) > > > > A new site www.sii.to has been created by members of > > the Acoustical Society of America (ASA) Working Group > > S3-79, which is in charge of reviewing American > > National Standard ANSI S3.5-1997 ("Methods for > > Calculation of the Speech Intelligibility Index"). The > > site provides software for calculating the Speech > > Intelligibility Index (SII), as well as notes relevant > > to potential future changes of the standard and the > > listing of known errors to be corrected in the next > > version of the standard. You are encouraged to > > contact us with any information that may help make the > > Standard better and easier to use. Also, if you have > > other software that can facilitate SII calculations, > > we urge you to send it to us for a review and posting > > on this site. > > This standard defines a method for computing a > > physical measure that is highly correlated with the > > intelligibility of speech as evaluated by speech > > perception tests given a group of talkers and > > listeners. This measure is called the Speech > > Intelligibility Index, or SII. The SII is calculated > > from acoustical measurements of speech and noise. > > > > Chas Pavlovic, chairman > > John Hou > > Tammo Houtgast > > Harry Levitt > > Hannes Muesch > > Gerald Studebaker > > Pat Zurek > > > > __________________________________ > > Do you Yahoo!? > > SBC Yahoo! DSL - Now only $29.95 per month! > > http://sbc.yahoo.com > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Thu, 26 Jun 2003 14:33:56 -0600 > From: "Gregoire, Jerry" <jgregoire(at)ECE.MONTANA.EDU> > Subject: recognizing a source by its harmonic structure > > Does anyone know of work done that categorizes sources by patterns in their > harmonic structure. > > An example would be to separate a guitar from a flute using the harmonic > relationships of f0, f1, f2, ... of a guitar compared to the flute's > harmonics. > > Jerry Gregoire > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Thu, 26 Jun 2003 20:25:14 -0400 > From: Jont Allen <jba(at)AUDITORYMODELS.ORG> > Subject: Re: AUDITORY Digest - 23 Jun 2003 to 25 Jun 2003 (#2003-120) > > Chas, > > How does this software (SII) account for the Fletcher Galt AI data? > Hannes should know the answer to this question. > > Jont > > Automatic digest processor wrote: > > > There is one message totalling 44 lines in this issue. > > > > Topics of the day: > > > > 1. SII Software -- New Web Site (Speech Intelligibility Index) > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > Date: Wed, 25 Jun 2003 15:40:31 -0700 > > From: Chas Pavlovic <cpavlovic(at)YAHOO.COM> > > Subject: SII Software -- New Web Site (Speech Intelligibility Index) > > > > A new site www.sii.to has been created by members of > > the Acoustical Society of America (ASA) Working Group > > S3-79, which is in charge of reviewing American > > National Standard ANSI S3.5-1997 ("Methods for > > Calculation of the Speech Intelligibility Index"). The > > site provides software for calculating the Speech > > Intelligibility Index (SII), as well as notes relevant > > to potential future changes of the standard and the > > listing of known errors to be corrected in the next > > version of the standard. You are encouraged to > > contact us with any information that may help make the > > Standard better and easier to use. Also, if you have > > other software that can facilitate SII calculations, > > we urge you to send it to us for a review and posting > > on this site. > > This standard defines a method for computing a > > physical measure that is highly correlated with the > > intelligibility of speech as evaluated by speech > > perception tests given a group of talkers and > > listeners. This measure is called the Speech > > Intelligibility Index, or SII. The SII is calculated > > from acoustical measurements of speech and noise. > > > > Chas Pavlovic, chairman > > John Hou > > Tammo Houtgast > > Harry Levitt > > Hannes Muesch > > Gerald Studebaker > > Pat Zurek > > > > __________________________________ > > Do you Yahoo!? > > SBC Yahoo! DSL - Now only $29.95 per month! > > http://sbc.yahoo.com > > > > ------------------------------ > > > > End of AUDITORY Digest - 23 Jun 2003 to 25 Jun 2003 (#2003-120) > > *************************************************************** > > > > > > > -- > http://auditorymodels.org/jba; > Till July 18: 908/654-1274h; jba(at)auditorymodels.org; JontAllen(at)ieee.org > 382 Forest Hill Way, Mountainside NJ 07092 > After July 21: 217/244-9567w; jontalle(at)uiuc.edu > Rm 2061, MC 251; Beckman Inst., 405 N. Mathews, Urbana, IL 61801 > > ------------------------------ > > End of AUDITORY Digest - 25 Jun 2003 to 26 Jun 2003 (#2003-121) > ***************************************************************