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CA488 Speech Processing 1

• Welcome
• Today
• Admin
• Module Overview

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Admin

• Lectures
• John McKenna, john_at_computing.dcu.ie Office 2.47,
  Tel. [phone]
• Tuesday 2pm, HG08
• Thursday 11am, N115??
• Friday 10am, HG08
• Labs
• Wednesday 10am-12noon, LG28
• Michelle Tooher, mtooher_at_computing.dcu.ie

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• CA4 students welcome from all streams
• CL4 core module
• CAX CLX welcome too
• Prerequisites
• Speech Proc. 1 or DSP1
• Some maths
• probability, linear algebra (matrices)
• Ability to program
• Open mind

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• Assessment
• Continuous Assessment 100
• Assignment 1 40
• Assignment 2 40
• APC 20 (Not a distance education module)
• No end of module exam
• Books, etc
• See Module Descriptor for list
• No book purchase necessary
• Gold Morgan recommended
• Headset required
• Composite (with microphone) recommended
• Sharing feasible

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Module Overview

• Module Aims
• To explore Speech Analysis Synthesis
• Indicative Syllabus
• Review relevant bits of SP1
• Estimation
• Formants and the lossless VT tube model
• Waves, Sinusoids the DFT
• Filters
• Speech Parametrisation Linear Prediction
• TTS Systems
• Speech Coding
• We will fill in a lot of the gaps we papered over
  in SP1

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Module Overview

• Achieving the aims of the module will involve the
  following
• Communication skills
• Group Work skills
• Organisational skills
• Personal skills
• Problem solving skills
• Programming skills
• Information Technology skills
• Cross-disciplinary partnerships
• Skills transfer