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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 04, 2022
Filed:
Aug. 03, 2018
Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Wakayama University, Wakayama, JP;
Shoko Araki, Kyoto, JP;
Tomohiro Nakatani, Kyoto, JP;
Keisuke Kinoshita, Kyoto, JP;
Toshio Irino, Wakayama, JP;
Toshie Matsui, Wakayama, JP;
Katsuhiko Yamamoto, Wakayama, JP;
NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
WAKAYAMA UNIVERSITY, Wakayama, JP;
Abstract
A speech intelligibility calculating method is a method executed by a speech intelligibility calculating apparatus, the speech intelligibility calculating method including: a speech intelligibility calculating step of calculating a speech intelligibility that is an objective assessment index of a speech quality, based on a difference component between features found through an analysis of an input clean speech and an input enhanced speech, using one or more filter banks; and a step of outputting the speech intelligibility calculated at the speech intelligibility calculating step. This speech intelligibility calculating method is capable of calculating a speech intelligibility without any dependency on a speech enhancement method.