This course is taught at the University of Edinburgh at advanced undergraduate and Masters levels.
Optional foundation material
Because Speech Processing is for students from many different backgrounds, the chances are that you will have a few gaps in your background knowledge. Here is some help in filling those gaps.
Module 1 - introduction
This module is an introduction to the course. If you're still deciding whether to do the course, look at this module first, then browse the later ones.
Module 2 - speech signals
Introducing the source-filter model of speech, which is of both theoretical and practical use.
Module 3 - speech synthesis - text processing
Text processing, including normalisation of Non-Standard Words.
Module 4 - speech synthesis - pronunciation & prosody
Pronunciation, including letter-to-sound models, and predicting prosody. All these tasks can be done with Classification And Regression Trees (CARTs).
Module 5 - speech synthesis - waveform generation
Manipulating recorded speech signals to create new utterances.
