Advances in Digital Speech Transmission (PDF)

Speech processing and speech transmission technology are expanding
fields of active research. New challenges arise from the 'anywhere,
anytime' paradigm of mobile communications, the ubiquitous use of
voice communication systems in noisy environments and the
convergence of communication networks toward Internet based
transmission protocols, such as Voice over IP. As a consequence,
new speech coding, new enhancement and error concealment, and new
quality assessment methods are emerging.

Advances in Digital Speech Transmission provides an
up-to-date overview of the field, including topics such as speech
coding in heterogeneous communication networks, wideband coding,
and the quality assessment of wideband speech.

* Provides an insight into the latest developments in speech
processing and speech transmission, making it an essential
reference to those working in these fields

* Offers a balanced overview of technology and applications

* Discusses topics such as speech coding in heterogeneous
communications networks, wideband coding, and the quality
assessment of the wideband speech

* Explains speech signal processing in hearing instruments and
man-machine interfaces from applications point of view

* Covers speech coding for Voice over IP, blind source separation,
digital hearing aids and speech processing for automatic speech
recognition

Advances in Digital Speech Transmission serves as an
essential link between the basics and the type of technology and
applications (prospective) engineers work on in industry labs and
academia. The book will also be of interest to advanced students,
researchers, and other professionals who need to brush up their
knowledge in this field.