@InProceedings{Elmers2021_1131,
author = {Mikey Elmers and Raphael Werner and Beeke Muhlack and Bernd Möbius and Jürgen Trouvain},
booktitle = {Studientexte zur Sprachkommunikation: Elektronische Sprachsignalverarbeitung 2021},
title = {Evaluating the effect of pauses on number recollection in synthesized speech},
year = {2021},
editor = {Stefan Hillmann and Benjamin Weiss and Thilo Michael and Sebastian Möller},
month = mar,
pages = {289--295},
publisher = {TUDpress, Dresden},
abstract = {This study investigates the effects of an inserted pause on digit recollection for synthesized speech. Participants took part in a perception experiment which involved listening to a 7-digit random number that was rendered by a speech synthesis system. Some of the stimuli had pauses (200 ms or 500 ms in duration) inserted before one of the digits, while others did not include a pause. Immediately following each stimulus the participants were asked to provide a missing sequence of three adjacent digits. Results indicate that recall accuracy is improved immediately following a pause. Additionally, we found a significant effect for a pause duration of 500 ms but not for a pause duration of 200 ms. When investigating response time, we found that participants’ response time increased when a pause was present. Overall, the results show that pauses have a role to play in synthesized speech. This research can be regarded in the context of investigating pauses and pause-internal particles (e.g. breath noises) in synthesized speech and the effects they have for human listeners.},
isbn = {978-3-959082-27-3},
issn = {0940-6832},
keywords = {Sprachsynthese},
url = {https://www.essv.de/pdf/2021_289_295.pdf},
}