nicosimon / speech-rate-meter

The Speech Rate Meter (hereinafter SRM) software module is designed to measure a complex of characteristics of the tempo (rate) of oral speech.

Speech Rate Meter

The Speech Rate Meter (hereinafter SRM) software module is designed to measure a complex of characteristics of the tempo (rate) of oral speech.

Distinctive features: The assessment of the complex of characteristics of the speech rate is carried out by measuring in real time:

• Actual rate of speech (number of words per minute, taking into account the duration of interphrase pauses) - Speech Rate (wpm)
• Speech articulation rate (words per minute minus the duration of interphrase pauses) - Articulation Rate (wpm)
• Average duration of inter-phrase pauses - Phrase Pauses (sec).
• The total duration of the speech segment - Speech Duration (sec)

Recommended areas of application:

• Self-study and self-control of the rate of speech in the preparation and conduct of speeches and presentations;
• Individual training of oral and speech skills in a number of professions such as: call center operators, radio, TV announcers, etc.;
• Monitoring of the rate of speech of call-center operators, radio and TV broadcasters;
• Improving the skills of reading texts in native and foreign languages;
• Self-control tool for eliminating speech defects, diagnostics and treatment of speech pathologies;

SRM is implemented as a standalone application for Windows (7, 8, 10), Linux, Android (in progress now).

Installation

Currently on our website (see https://intontrainer.by ) the SRM prototype is uploaded, available for free download.

Build from source

Use QT Creator or CMake to build Speech Rate Meter. You need to build Inton Core library first.

git clone [email protected]:zhitko/inton-core.git
git clone [email protected]:zhitko/speech-rate-meter.git

cd inton-core
cmake --build . --target all
cmake --build . --target install

cd ../speech-rate-meter
cmake --build . --target all

Contributing

Pull requests are welcome. For major changes, please open an issue first to discuss what you would like to change.

Please make sure to update tests as appropriate.

Authors

Development:

• Zhitko Vladimir

Scientific:

• Boris Lobanov

License

MIT