13E033OGK - Fundamentals of Speech Communication

Course specification
Course title		Fundamentals of Speech Communication
Acronym		13E033OGK
Study programme		Electrical Engineering and Computing
Module
Type of study		bachelor academic studies
Lecturer (for classes)		professor PhD Dragana Šumarac Pavlović
Lecturer/Associate (for practice)		asst. professor PhD Miloš Bjelić
Lecturer/Associate (for OTC)		asst. professor PhD Miloš Bjelić MA Tatjana Miljković, electrical and computer engineer
ESPB		6.0	Status	elective
Condition		None
The goal		Introduce students to the basic elements of speech communication such as speech production and perception, analysis and processing of speech signal and modern speech technology.
The outcome		Creating a background for subsequent courses in speech technologies in the masters and doctoral studies (Speech signal processing, Speech communication: human-computer, Robust processing of speech signals, Speech technologies).
Contents
URL to the subject page		http://telit.etf.rs/kurs/osnovi-govorne-komunikacije/
Contents of lectures		Elements of acoustic phonetics, physiology of vocal and auditory system, acoustic theory of speech generation, speech perception, perception of masked speech, models of speech perception, speech intelligibility and quality, digital speech signal processing, speech recognition and synthesis, speaker recognition, quality of speech communication, quality improvement methods, speech technology.
Contents of exercises		Lecture with Power point presentations, interactive demonstrations and experiments, seminar and/or project.
Literature
S. Jovičić - Speech communication: physiology, psychoacoustics, and perception; Publisher: Nauka, 1999, Belgrade Douglas O'Shaughnessy. Speech Communications: Human and Machine. IEEE Press, 2000, New York The script in electronic form (ppt)
Number of hours per week during the semester/trimester/year
Lectures	Exercises	OTC	Study and Research	Other classes
3	1	1
Methods of teaching		Lectures, demonstrations, seminar work and/or participation in projects.
Knowledge score (maximum points 100)
Pre obligations		Points	Final exam	Points
Activites during lectures		20	Test paper	40
Practical lessons		10	Oral examination	0
Projects
Colloquia		0
Seminars		30