Speech processing system and speech processing method

Abstract

A speech intelligibility enhancing system for enhancing speech, the system comprising: a speech input for receiving speech to be enhanced; an enhanced speech output to output the enhanced speech; and a processor configured to convert speech received by the speech input to enhanced speech to be output by the enhanced speech output, the processor being configured to: extract a portion of the speech received by the speech input; calculate the power of the portion; estimate a contribution due to late reverberation to the power of the portion of the speech when reverbed; calculate a target late reverberation power; determine a time ti for the estimated contribution due to late reverberation to decay to the target late reverberation power; calculate a pause duration, wherein the pause duration is calculated using the time ti; insert a pause having the calculated duration into the speech received by the speech input at a first location, wherein the first location is followed by the portion.

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