Improving air traffic control speech intelligibility by reducing speaking rate effectively

• Main Authors: Hou, Nana, Tian, Xiaohai, Chng, Eng Siong, Ma, Bin, Li, Haizhou
• Other Authors: School of Computer Science and Engineering
• Format: Conference or Workshop Item
• Language: English
• Published: 2020
• Subjects: Engineering::Aeronautical engineering; Speech Enhancement; Speaking Rate
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/144767
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Low intelligibility of Air Traffic Control (ATC) speech is one major cause of aircraft accidents every year. Many factors can affect speech intelligibility, among which the most prominent aspects is the high speaking rate commonly present in ATC speech. Hence, a possible solution would be to improve...