Abstract: A three-dimensional model of the vocal tract is under development. The model consists of vocal and nasal tract walls, lips, teeth and tongue, represented as visually distinct articulators by different colours resembling the ones in a natural human vocal tract. The naturalness of the vocal tract model can be used in speech training for hearing impaired children or in second language learning, where the visual feedback supplements the auditory feedback. The 3D model also provides a platform for studies on articulatory synthesis, as the vocal tract geometry can be set with a small number of articulation parameters, and vocal tract cross-sectional areas can be determined directly from the model.
Publication Year: 1999
Publication Date: 1999-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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