Smart listeners and smooth talkers
16 November 2011Human-like performance in speech technology could be just around the corner, thanks to a new research project that links three UK universities.
The politics of speechmaking
24 October 2011Modern politicians are too stuck in a 24/7 media bubble to make the kind of grand speeches associated with past leaders, a debate on political rhetoric at the Cambridge Festival of Ideas heard last week.
What makes a great political speech?
27 September 2011Cambridge Festival of Ideas debate to examine the changing nature of political speeches.
Asking ‘are you awake?’ with brain imaging
08 February 2008Even though we might be able to hear someone speaking, our powers for understanding what is actually being said switch off as we go to sleep.
Can a voice identify a criminal?
01 September 2007Innovative research in the Department of Linguistics suggests that dynamic features of speech could provide a clue to forensic speaker identification.
