Intelligibility of normal speech I: global and fine-grained acoustic-phonetic talker characteristics
Speech Communication - Special issue on acoustic echo control and speech enhancement techniques
Predicting hyperarticulate speech during human-computer error resolution
Speech Communication
Vocal communication of emotion: a review of research paradigms
Speech Communication - Special issue on speech and emotion
Do you speak E-NG-L-I-SH? A comparison of foreigner- and infant-directed speech
Speech Communication
Speech Communication
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Standardised sentence production is routinely used in speech research to avoid content variability typical of natural speech production. However, the validity of such standardised material is not well understood. Here, we evaluated the use of standardised sentences by comparing them to two existing, non-standardised datasets of simulated free and natural speech (the latter produced by mothers in real interactions). Standardised sentences and simulated free speech were produced by students and actresses without an interaction partner. Each dataset comprised recordings of infant- (IDS), foreigner- (FDS) and adult-directed (ADS) speech, which were analysed for mean F"0, vowel duration and hyperarticulation. Whilst students' mean F"0 pattern in standardised speech was closer to the natural speech than their previous 'simulated free speech', no difference in vowel hyperarticulation and duration patterns was found for students' standardised sentences between the three speech styles. Actresses'F"0, vowel duration and hyperarticulation patterns in standardised speech were similar to the natural speech, and a part improvement on their 'simulated free speech'. These results suggest that successful reproduction of some acoustic measures (e.g., F"0) can be achieved with standardised content regardless of the type of speaker, whereas the production of other acoustic measures (e.g., hyperarticulation) are context- and speaker-dependent.