Real voice and TTS Accent Effects on Intelligibility and Comprehension for Indian Speakers of English as a Second Language
- Frederick Weber ,
- Kalika Bali
Proceedings of Interspeech 2009, Brighton,September 2009. |
We investigate the effect of accent on comprehension of English for speakers of English as a second language in southern India. Subjects were exposed to real and TTS voices with US and several Indian accents, and were tested for intelligibility and comprehension. Performance trends indicate a measurable advantage for familiar accents, and are broken down by various demographic factors.