Institute for Phonetics and Speech Processing at the Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich
| Institute for Phonetics and Speech Processing | |
|---|---|
| Category: | University institute |
| Carrier: | State of Bavaria |
| Facility location: | Munich |
| Subjects: | Natural science , technology , humanities |
| Areas of expertise: | Phonetics , speech recognition , speech synthesis and sound change |
| Management: | Jonathan Harrington |
| Homepage: | Homepage of the institute |
The Institute for Phonetics and Speech Processing (formerly Institute for Phonetics and Linguistic Communication) is an institute of the Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich . The institute was initially headed by Hans Günther Tillmann , who was replaced by Jonathan Harrington in 2006 .
Research priorities
The main research areas are in the areas of sound change, experimental phonetics and automatic speech processing.
Associated bodies
The Bavarian Archive for Speech Signals , whose task is the long-term archiving of speech data, belongs to the institute .
Trivia
- Many of the Bastard Assistant from Hell's stories were written at the Institute for Phonetics and Speech Processing.
- The university's first computer was located at the institute.
- Employees can open the library using voice recognition software.