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We began the lecture by obtaining an approximation of the transfer function of the vocal tract system using a simple model consisting of tubes of equal length connected to a tube of zero diameter. We observed that the transfer function of such a system is an all pole filter cascaded with a time delay. The poles of this filter determine the location of the local maxima of the voiced phonemes we pronounced; these local maxima are called "formants" and play an important role in the recognition of speech.  
 
We began the lecture by obtaining an approximation of the transfer function of the vocal tract system using a simple model consisting of tubes of equal length connected to a tube of zero diameter. We observed that the transfer function of such a system is an all pole filter cascaded with a time delay. The poles of this filter determine the location of the local maxima of the voiced phonemes we pronounced; these local maxima are called "formants" and play an important role in the recognition of speech.  
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Lecture 32 Blog, ECE438 Fall 2010, Prof. Boutin

Monday November 8, 2010 (Week 12) - See Course Outline.


We began the lecture by obtaining an approximation of the transfer function of the vocal tract system using a simple model consisting of tubes of equal length connected to a tube of zero diameter. We observed that the transfer function of such a system is an all pole filter cascaded with a time delay. The poles of this filter determine the location of the local maxima of the voiced phonemes we pronounced; these local maxima are called "formants" and play an important role in the recognition of speech.

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