Waveform Model of Vowel Perception
and Vowel Production

The Result of Waveform Identification

Michael A. Stokes

"It is not possible to look at the waveform of an utterance and say what sounds occurred", (Ladefoged, 1982, A Course in Phonetics, p. 168).

The impossible is now possible.

Waveform Model of Vowel Perception
Posted 9/18/2007 - Original model posted in 1998
PDF Format
Talker Identification from Analysis of Raw Complex Waveforms
Added to the site on 12-7-01 (needs editing)
2001 ASA Presentation
Male and female vowels identified by visual inspection of raw complex waveforms - 8-9-01
Graphic Waveform Displays
Updated on 1-5-2001
Female and Child Formant Values
Added on 10-5-2000
Author's Background
Updated on 9-19-07

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