About Us
Speech & language research at SSN, since 2008.
Speech Lab, in the Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering at Sri Sivasubramaniya Nadar College of Engineering (SSNCE), Chennai, was established in 2008 with Prof. Hema A. Murthy, IIT Madras, as mentor. The lab initially came into existence to carry out a MeitY-funded project on developing text-to-speech synthesis systems for Indian languages, and now runs several ongoing government- and privately-funded projects. Its members include faculty, research scholars, UG and PG students, and project staff working in speech and language processing.
Vision
“To significantly reduce communication barriers, between human beings and between humans and machines, that are predominantly caused by a language barrier, a disability, or illiteracy.”
Mission
- 01Develop a multidisciplinary environment to promote fundamental and applied research in speech and audio.
- 02Build state-of-the-art, socially-beneficial applications that enhance human–computer and human–human interaction.
- 03Promote collaborative research with industry to bridge the gap between research and available technology.
- 04Provide a forum to interact with other researchers, and offer training and consultancy to those who need it.
Research Areas
- Automatic speech recognition
- Text-to-speech synthesis
- Prosody modelling
- Machine translation
- Speaker identification
- Speaker spoofing
- Speech enhancement
- Music signal processing
- Voice conversion
- Speech-enabled assist devices
- Assistive speech technology for cerebral palsy & autism spectrum disorder
- Array microphone-based speech analysis
- Silent speech recognition
- Forensic & whisper speech analysis
Contact Us
Sri Sivasubramaniya Nadar College of Engineering, Rajiv Gandhi Salai (OMR), Kalavakkam – 603 110, Chennai
Phone: 044 – 27474844, Extn: 226