Subject: Call for papers: The Listening Talker From: Martin Cooke <m.cooke@xxxxxxxx> Date: Wed, 6 Jun 2012 13:15:45 +0100 List-Archive:<http://lists.mcgill.ca/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=AUDITORY>--Apple-Mail=_BD180BC0-944A-47C1-8211-3DA4081F3182 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Dear list The attached special issue call may be of interest to some on the list. Please feel free to re-distribute. Martin Special issue of Computer Speech and Language on =91The Listening Talker=92 (submission deadline: October 14, 2012) When talkers speak, they also listen. Talkers routinely adapt=20 to their interlocutors and environment, maintaining intelligibility=20 and dialogue fluidity to facilitate the efficient exchange of=20 information. In contrast, current speech output technology is=20 largely deaf, incapable of adapting to the listener=92s context,=20 inefficient in use and lacking the naturalness that comes from=20 rapid appreciation of the speaker-listener environment. As a=20 result, there is no guarantee that the intended message is=20 intelligible, appropriate or well-timed, which can lead to divided=20 attention and fatigue in safety-critical situations. A key scientific=20 challenge is to better understand how =91talker-listeners=92 respond=20 to context and to apply these findings to the modification of=20 natural (live/recorded) and generated (synthetic) speech in=20 applications such as dialogue, public address and=20 navigation systems. Submissions to the special issue are invited on any aspect=20 of the listening talker, including but not limited to: =95 theories/models of human communication involving the listening = talker=20 =95 human speech production modifications induced by noise =95 speech production changes with manipulated feedback =95 algorithms/vocoders for speech modification =95 transformations from casual to clear speech =95 characterisation of the listening context =95 intelligibility and quality metrics for modified speech See http://www.journals.elsevier.com/computer-speech-and-language/=20 for the aims and scope of the journal. Authors should follow the=20 Elsevier Computer Speech and Language manuscript format described=20 at the journal site. Prospective authors should submit an electronic=20 copy of their manuscript via http://ees.elsevier.com/csl/, selecting=20 =93Special Issue: The Listening Talker=94. Timetable Submission deadline: October 14, 2012=20 First round of reviews: Feb 1, 2013 Final version of manuscripts: May 1, 2013=20 Target publication date: September 1, 2013 Guest Editors Martin Cooke, Ikerbasque (Basque Science Foundation),=20 Spain, m.cooke@xxxxxxxx=20 Simon King, University of Edinburgh, UK, simon.king@xxxxxxxx Bastiaan Kleijn, Victoria University Wellington,=20 New Zealand, bastiaan.kleijn@xxxxxxxx=20 Yannis Stylianou, FORTH Institute of Computer Science,=20 Crete, Greece, styliano@xxxxxxxx=20 --Apple-Mail=_BD180BC0-944A-47C1-8211-3DA4081F3182 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=windows-1252 <html><head></head><body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; = -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Dear = list<div><br></div><div>The attached special issue call may be of = interest to some</div><div>on the list. Please feel free to = re-distribute.</div><div><br></div><div>Martin</div><div><br></div><div><b= r></div><div>Special issue of Computer Speech and Language = on</div><div><br></div><div> =91The Listening = Talker=92</div><div><br></div><div>(submission deadline: October 14, = 2012)<br><br>When talkers speak, they also listen. Talkers routinely = adapt </div><div>to their interlocutors and environment, = maintaining intelligibility </div><div>and dialogue fluidity to = facilitate the efficient exchange of </div><div>information. In = contrast, current speech output technology is </div><div>largely = deaf, incapable of adapting to the listener=92s = context, </div><div>inefficient in use and lacking the naturalness = that comes from </div><div>rapid appreciation of the = speaker-listener environment. As a </div><div>result, there is no = guarantee that the intended message is </div><div>intelligible, = appropriate or well-timed, which can lead to = divided </div><div>attention and fatigue in safety-critical = situations. A key scientific </div><div>challenge is to better = understand how =91talker-listeners=92 respond </div><div>to context = and to apply these findings to the modification = of </div><div>natural (live/recorded) and generated (synthetic) = speech in </div><div>applications such as dialogue, public address = and </div><div>navigation systems.<br><br>Submissions to the = special issue are invited on any aspect </div><div>of the listening = talker, including but not limited to:<br><br>=95 theories/models of = human communication involving the listening talker <br>=95 human = speech production modifications induced by noise<br>=95 speech = production changes with manipulated feedback<br>=95 algorithms/vocoders = for speech modification<br>=95 transformations from casual to clear = speech<br>=95 characterisation of the listening context<br>=95 = intelligibility and quality metrics for modified = speech<br><br>See <a = href=3D"http://www.journals.elsevier.com/computer-speech-and-language/">ht= tp://www.journals.elsevier.com/computer-speech-and-language/</a> </di= v><div>for the aims and scope of the journal. Authors should follow = the </div><div>Elsevier Computer Speech and Language manuscript = format described </div><div>at the journal site. Prospective = authors should submit an electronic </div><div>copy of their = manuscript via <a = href=3D"http://ees.elsevier.com/csl/">http://ees.elsevier.com/csl/</a>, = selecting </div><div>=93Special Issue: The Listening = Talker=94.<br><br></div><div>Timetable</div><div><br>Submission = deadline: October 14, 2012 <br>First round of reviews: Feb 1, = 2013<br>Final version of manuscripts: May 1, 2013 <br>Target = publication date: September 1, 2013<br><br>Guest Editors<br><br>Martin = Cooke, Ikerbasque (Basque Science = Foundation), </div><div>Spain, <a = href=3D"mailto:m.cooke@xxxxxxxx">m.cooke@xxxxxxxx</a> <br= ><br></div><div>Simon King, University of = Edinburgh, UK,</div><div><a = href=3D"mailto:simon.king@xxxxxxxx">simon.king@xxxxxxxx</a></div><div><br>= </div><div>Bastiaan Kleijn, Victoria University = Wellington, </div><div>New Zealand, <a = href=3D"mailto:bastiaan.kleijn@xxxxxxxx">bastiaan.kleijn@xxxxxxxx= z</a> </div><div><br>Yannis Stylianou, FORTH Institute of Computer = Science, </div><div>Crete, Greece, <a = href=3D"mailto:styliano@xxxxxxxx">styliano@xxxxxxxx</a> <br><= /div></body></html>= --Apple-Mail=_BD180BC0-944A-47C1-8211-3DA4081F3182--