Robin Hofe, a PhD student at the University of Sheffield has developed an animatronic tongue in order to study the mechanisms of speech production. This will eventually lead to a better understanding of variability in speech, which in turn will allow better automatic speech recognition systems to be
Read MoreSpeech is classified into three broad categories depending upon the nature of excitation of the vocal tract; voiced, unvoiced and plosive sounds. Voiced Sounds If excitation of vocal tract originate at glottis and is by periodic vibration of the vocal cord we have voiced speech like 'oh', 'eh'. Be
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This article discusses the mechanism of speech production in humans. Speech is the acoustic end product of formalized motions of the vocal apparatus. The vocal apparatus consists of the following parts: Lungs Trachea or windpipe Pharynx or throat cavity consists of nasal pharynx (above the v
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