Underlying Principles of a High-quality Speech Manipulation System STRAIGHT and Its Application to Speech Segregation
Hideki Kawahara, Toshio Irino · Kluwer Academic Publishers eBooks · 2006
Testing human performance using ecologically relevant stimuli is crucial. STRAIGHT provide powerful means and strategies for doing this. This article outlined the underlying principles of STRAIGHT and the morphing procedure to provide general understanding for potential users of a new research strategy, “systematic downgrading.” The strategy seems to open up new research possibilities of testing human performance without disturbing their natural conditions.