3 papers
cs.CL2026
Covertly improving intelligibility with data-driven adaptations of speech timing
Paige TuttösÃ, Angelica Lim, H. Henny Yeung +2
Human talkers often address listeners with language-comprehension challenges, such as hard-of-hearing or non-native adults, by globally slowing down their speech. However, it remai…
cs.SD2025
You Sound a Little Tense: L2 Tailored Clear TTS Using Durational Vowel Properties
Paige TuttösÃ, H. Henny Yeung, Yue Wang +2
We present the first text-to-speech (TTS) system tailored to second language (L2) speakers. We use duration differences between American English tense (longer) and lax (shorter) vo…
cs.SD2025
Mmm whatcha say? Uncovering distal and proximal context effects in first and second-language word perception using psychophysical reverse correlation
Paige TuttösÃ, H. Henny Yeung, Yue Wang +4
Acoustic context effects, where surrounding changes in pitch, rate or timbre influence the perception of a sound, are well documented in speech perception, but how they interact wi…