Learning outcomes

In order to pass the course the student is required to

- give short descriptions of speech from the acoustic, phonetic, and linguistic perspectives,

- explain how computers recognise speech and speakers with statistical methods, and evaluate the recognition results,

- describe and judge different methods used to produce speech with computers,

- analyse speech-driven dialogue systems with respect to application, components, functionality and user aspects,

- give an account of available state-of-the art speech technology and exemplify the current speech research on e.g., mobile systems and IT applications, and

- apply the theoretical knowledge in small speech technology projects.