Subject: Special issue on the Listening Talker (deadline approaching) From: Martin Cooke <m.cooke@xxxxxxxx> Date: Fri, 21 Sep 2012 11:01:32 +0100 List-Archive:<http://lists.mcgill.ca/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=AUDITORY>--Apple-Mail=_6AD452DF-B34C-40DD-A49E-10F10FFBE575 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Dear list This special issue may be of interest to the list. Please note the = submission deadline of 14th October.=20 Martin Special issue of Computer Speech and Language on =91The Listening Talker=92 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: listening Talker=94. Timetable Submission deadline: October 14, 2012=20 First round of reviews complete: 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=_6AD452DF-B34C-40DD-A49E-10F10FFBE575 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; = "><div>Dear list</div><div><br></div><div>This special issue may be of = interest to the list. Please note the submission deadline of 14th = October. </div><div><br></div><div>Martin</div><div><br></div><div><b= r></div><div><div>Special issue of Computer Speech and Language = on<br><br> =91The Listening = Talker=92<br><br>When talkers speak, they also listen. Talkers routinely = adapt <br>to their interlocutors and environment, maintaining = intelligibility <br>and dialogue fluidity to facilitate the = efficient exchange of <br>information. In contrast, current speech = output technology is <br>largely deaf, incapable of adapting to the = listener=92s context, <br>inefficient in use and lacking the = naturalness that comes from <br>rapid appreciation of the = speaker-listener environment. As a <br>result, there is no = guarantee that the intended message is <br>intelligible, = appropriate or well-timed, which can lead to divided <br>attention = and fatigue in safety-critical situations. A key = scientific <br>challenge is to better understand how = =91talker-listeners=92 respond <br>to context and to apply these = findings to the modification of <br>natural (live/recorded) and = generated (synthetic) speech in <br>applications such as dialogue, = public address and <br>navigation systems.<br><br>Submissions to = the special issue are invited on any aspect <br>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</div><div><br></div><div>See <a = href=3D"http://www.journals.elsevier.com/computer-speech-and-language/">ht= tp://www.journals.elsevier.com/computer-speech-and-language/</a> <br>= for the aims and scope of the journal. Authors should follow = the <br>Elsevier Computer Speech and Language manuscript format = described <br>at the journal site. Prospective authors should = submit an electronic <br>copy of their manuscript via <a = href=3D"http://ees.elsevier.com/csl/">http://ees.elsevier.com/csl/</a>, = selecting <br>=93Special Issue: listening = Talker=94.<br><br>Timetable<br><br>Submission deadline: October 14, = 2012 <br>First round of reviews complete: 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), <br>Spain, <a = href=3D"mailto:m.cooke@xxxxxxxx">m.cooke@xxxxxxxx</a> <br= ><br>Simon King, University of Edinburgh, UK,<br><a = href=3D"mailto:simon.king@xxxxxxxx">simon.king@xxxxxxxx</a><br><br>Bastiaa= n Kleijn, Victoria University Wellington, <br>New Zealand, <a = href=3D"mailto:bastiaan.kleijn@xxxxxxxx">bastiaan.kleijn@xxxxxxxx= z</a> <br><br>Yannis Stylianou, FORTH Institute of Computer = Science, <br>Crete, Greece, <a = href=3D"mailto:styliano@xxxxxxxx">styliano@xxxxxxxx</a> <br><= /div></div><div><br></div></body></html>= --Apple-Mail=_6AD452DF-B34C-40DD-A49E-10F10FFBE575--