Subject: Re: Loudspeaker with directivity similar to a human talker From: Tony <syswatkn@xxxxxxxx> Date: Wed, 4 Mar 2009 17:00:23 +0000 List-Archive:<http://lists.mcgill.ca/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=AUDITORY>see also the KEMAR version: http://www.gras.dk/00012/00330/ Tony Lissek Hervé wrote: > Dear Xing, > > Actually, there does not exist any loudspeaker that could perfectly match the acoustic radiation pattern of the human mouth/head. The ideal solution would be to use a Head and Torso Simulator such as Brüel & Kjaer Type 4128D (see http://www.bksv.com/Products/TelecomAudioSolutions/HeadTorso/HeadandTorsoSimulatorHATSType4128D.aspx), if you can get one. > Regards, > > Hervé > > > Dr. Hervé Lissek > Head of the Acoustic Group > Laboratory of Electromagnetics and Acoustics > EPFL STI IEL LEMA > CH-1015 Lausanne > Switzerland > Tel: +41 (0) 21 693 46 30 > Fax: +41 (0) 21 693 26 73 > > Please consider the environment before printing this email - Pensez svp à l'environnement avant d'imprimer ce message > > -----Message d'origine----- > De : AUDITORY - Research in Auditory Perception [mailto:AUDITORY@xxxxxxxx De la part de Pang > Envoyé : mercredi 4 mars 2009 17:10 > À : AUDITORY@xxxxxxxx > Objet : Loudspeaker with directivity similar to a human talker > > Dear List > > I would like to use a loudspeaker with directional properties similar to a human talker to play the speech signals in rooms for speech intelligibility test. I do not know which loudspeakers have directional properties similar to a human talker. Could someone please recommand a loudspeakers for my work? > > Thanks, > > Xing Xing -- Anthony J Watkins Department of Psychology, School of Psychology and Clinical Language Sciences, The University of Reading, Reading, RG6 6AL, UK. phone: +44 (0)118-378-7559; fax: +44 (0)118-931-6715 home page: http://www.personal.rdg.ac.uk/~syswatkn/home.html email: syswatkn@xxxxxxxx