Method for executing automatic evaluation of transmission quality of audio signals using source/received-signal spectral covariance
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1. Method for making a machine-aided assessment of the transmission quality of audio signals, in particular of speech signals, spectra of a source signal to be transmitted and of a transmitted reception signal being determined in a frequency domain, characterized in that, in order to assess the transmission quality, a spectral similarity value is determined by dividing the covariance of the spectra of the source signal and of the reception signal by the product of the standard deviations of the two spectra and is used in the calculation of transmission quality.
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A source signal (e.g. a speech sample) is processed or transmitted by a speech coder 1 and converted into a reception signal (coded speech signal). The source and reception signals are separately subjected to preprocessing 2 and psychoacoustic modelling 3. This is followed by a distance calculation 4, which assesses the similarity of the signals. Lastly, an MOS calculation is carried out in order to obtain a result comparable with human evaluation. According to the invention, in order to assess the transmission quality a spectral similarity value is determined which is based on calculation of the covariance of the spectra of the source signal and reception signal and division of the covariance by the standard deviations of the two said spectra.
The method makes it possible to obtain an objective assessment (speech quality prediction) while taking the human auditory process into account.
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- 1. Method for making a machine-aided assessment of the transmission quality of audio signals, in particular of speech signals, spectra of a source signal to be transmitted and of a transmitted reception signal being determined in a frequency domain, characterized in that, in order to assess the transmission quality, a spectral similarity value is determined by dividing the covariance of the spectra of the source signal and of the reception signal by the product of the standard deviations of the two spectra and is used in the calculation of transmission quality.
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