Toward the Specification of Speech
Ralph K. Potter, John C. Steinberg · The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America · 1950
This is an interim report on studies of the specification of speech sounds from acoustical measurements. Methods based upon analysis, synthesis, and vocal tract models are described. Included are the results of preliminary measurements on the vowel sounds of 25 speakers. Some of the problems in specifying the vowel sounds as indicated by these results are discussed.