An Overview of the VUB Entry for the 2013 Hurricane Challenge
 
An Overview of the VUB Entry for the 2013 Hurricane Challenge ■
 
Henk Brouckxon, Henk Brouckxon, Henk Brouckxon, Werner Verhelst, Werner Verhelst, Werner Verhelst
 
Abstract ■

This paper describes the SINCoFETS entry for the Hurricane challenge [1], in which intelligibility enhancement algorithms for speech presentation in noise are compared. The proposed system combines noise-independent non-uniform time scaling and dynamics compression algorithms with noise dependent frequency equalization to improve the robustness of speech intelligibility against noise. The algorithms in the system are described and a short discussion of the results is given. [1] M. Cooke, C. Mayo, and C. Valentini-Botinhao, {"}Intelligibility enhancing speech modifications: the hurricane challenge{"}, in Proceedings of Interspeech 2013, 2013.