What we have been up to
Variablity in Speech Production and Perception: Proceedings
Our project has put together virtual conference papers which document the outcome of the transnational seminar between Cologne (Universität zu Köln, IfL Phonetics) and Paris (Université de Paris): "Proceedings of the international Paris-Cologne seminar on Variability in Speech Production and Perception". In international groups, the experiments themselves were planned and possible outcomes were derived based on research literature and hypotheses; however, they were not carried out in the real world of experimental linguistics – not yet.
Workshop by Dr. Georgia Zellou – Associate Professor of Linguistics, UC Davis, USA
3rd Feb 2022
We were very lucky for Dr. Zellou to also do a workshop with us on
“Using synthetic speech in linguistics research“. The theory behind
this fascinating topic was well explained and illustrated by having a
closer look at the Amazon Polly and Microsoft Azure text-to-speech
systems.
Project "Variability in Speech Production and Perception"
Talk by Dr. Georgia Zellou – Associate Professor of Linguistics, UC Davis, USA
27th Jan 2022
Dr. Georgia Zellou is an expert on phonetic detail and its role in
cognition as well as in clinical contexts. She is currently working on
coarticulation (e.g., nasalization) and synthetic speech at the
University Paris Diderot.
The first talk Dr. Zellou joined us for was on “The role of
coarticulatory variation in speaker recognition”, thereby picking up a
topic that had sparked many discussions during the seminar.
Project "Variability in Speech Production and Perception"
Talk by Prof. Douglas H. Whalen – Haskins Laboratories, New Haven, CT, USA
9th Dec 2021
Prof. Douglas H. Whalen joined the IVAC Seminar "Variability in Speech Production and Perception" on 9th December 2021 for a special session on „Coarticulation and Planning“. He gave us some fascinating insights into his work followed by a lively discussion. Especially as we had read some of his publications in the weeks previous to the talk, Prof. Whalen was able to clarify questions we still had and open up new ones that will continue to inspire us as the rest of the course unfolds.