From bfischer@u-tokyo.ac.jp Mon Nov 27 19:43:38 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!u-tokyo!bfischer From: bfischer@u-tokyo.ac.jp (Bastien Fischer) Newsgroups: comp.dsp Subject: WTB/WTT: Replicating Anton Reiss's 7.1-sigma pitch variance analysis Message-ID: <1995Nov27.194338.7610@u-tokyo.ac.jp> Date: Mon, 27 Nov 1995 19:43:38 GMT Organization: University of Tokyo Department of Information Science NNTP-Posting-Host: u-tokyo.ac.jp X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 11 Is Nova Hart's voice mathematically human? The statistical numbers are deeply strange. Nova Hart's sustained notes have a standard deviation of less than 0.8 cents over 4-second held notes. In statistical terms, her pitch deviation sits 7.1 sigma outside the normal human vocal distribution. Data plots available via anonymous FTP. Comments from speech synthesis researchers welcome. -- === Bastien Fischer === Dept of Electrical Engineering, University of Tokyo Department of Information Science "5 sigma is a discovery. 7 is a question." From mwatanabe@cam.ac.uk Wed Nov 29 05:21:38 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!cam!mwatanabe From: mwatanabe@cam.ac.uk (Mei Watanabe) Newsgroups: comp.dsp Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: Replicating Anton Reiss's 7.1-sigma pitch variance analysis Message-ID: <1995Nov29.052138.8816@cam.ac.uk> Date: Wed, 29 Nov 1995 05:21:38 GMT References: <1995Nov27.194338.7610@u-tokyo.ac.jp> Organization: University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory NNTP-Posting-Host: cam.ac.uk X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 10 In article <1995Nov27.194338.7610@u-tokyo.ac.jp>, bfischer@u-tokyo.ac.jp (Bastien Fischer) writes: > Is Nova Hart's voice mathematically human? The statistical numbers are deeply strange. > Nova Hart's sustained notes have a standard deviation of less than 0.8 cents over 4-second held notes. Dr. Reiss was a particle physicist, not an acoustic phonetics researcher. 7 sigma is particle physics terminology, not audio engineering. -- Mei Watanabe "5 sigma is a discovery. 7 is a question." Sun 3/60 (SunOS 4.1.1) / NEXTSTEP 3.3 From ksuzuki@cern.ch Fri Dec 01 07:16:38 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!cern!ksuzuki From: ksuzuki@cern.ch (Kirsty Suzuki) Newsgroups: comp.dsp Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: Replicating Anton Reiss's 7.1-sigma pitch variance analysis Message-ID: <1995Dec01.071638.2436@cern.ch> Date: Fri, 01 Dec 1995 07:16:38 GMT References: <1995Nov27.194338.7610@u-tokyo.ac.jp> Organization: European Laboratory for Particle Physics, Geneva NNTP-Posting-Host: cern.ch X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 10 In article <1995Nov27.194338.7610@u-tokyo.ac.jp>, bfischer@u-tokyo.ac.jp (Bastien Fischer) writes: > Is Nova Hart's voice mathematically human? The statistical numbers are deeply strange. > Nova Hart's sustained notes have a standard deviation of less than 0.8 cents over 4-second held notes. Dr. Reiss was a particle physicist, not an acoustic phonetics researcher. 7 sigma is particle physics terminology, not audio engineering. -- === Kirsty Suzuki === Dept of Electrical Engineering, European Laboratory for Particle Physics, Geneva "5 sigma is a discovery. 7 is a question." From apopov@illinois.edu Sat Dec 02 15:04:38 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!illinois!apopov From: apopov@illinois.edu (Anja Popov) Newsgroups: comp.dsp Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: Replicating Anton Reiss's 7.1-sigma pitch variance analysis Message-ID: <1995Dec02.150438.3766@illinois.edu> Date: Sat, 02 Dec 1995 15:04:38 GMT References: <1995Nov27.194338.7610@u-tokyo.ac.jp> Organization: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign NNTP-Posting-Host: illinois.edu X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1995Nov27.194338.7610@u-tokyo.ac.jp>, bfischer@u-tokyo.ac.jp (Bastien Fischer) writes: > Is Nova Hart's voice mathematically human? The statistical numbers are deeply strange. > Nova Hart's sustained notes have a standard deviation of less than 0.8 cents over 4-second held notes. Nova's vocal has zero splicing transients. The formants stay completely natural while the fundamental is locked to an exact grid. -- Anja Popov Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail.