Associate Professor in Speech-Language Pathology, Helen Keller’s Institute of Research and Rehabilitation for the Disabled Children, RK Puram, Secunde, India
Research Article
Vowel Space in Disguise Voice
Author(s): Lakshmi Prasanna P*
The acoustic characteristics of vowels provide vital information on frequency, intensity, formant frequencies etc. The vocal tract is responsible for frequency shaping of the signal from the vocal folds, which is crucial for formant frequencies. Using the first two formant frequencies, the current study was aimed to check the vowel space in various disguise voice. A 35-year-old Telugu native speaker participated in the study. Two types of recordings were made one is by using PRAAT and the other one is by using voice changer app. The participant was asked to phonate three vowels (a, i and u). Formants (F1 and F2) were measured by using PRAAT software. The obtained data was used for further analysis. The paired sample t test reveals that there is a high significant difference between original with women & girl type voices for the first formant. Second formant showed significant diff.. View More»
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