Acoustic phonetics is the study of the physical properties of speech and aims to analyse sound wave signals that occur within speech through varying frequencies, amplitudes and durations. One way we ...

One study examined the acoustic-phonetic properties of speech directed toward voice-activated AI systems, like Siri, compared to speech directed toward humans. The findings revealed that speakers ...

Lateral consonants, particularly the lateral approximant /l/, are a fascinating area of study within phonetics ... such as speech-language pathologists, were more sensitive to subtle acoustic ...