1979
Pisoni, D.B. (1979). Some measures of intelligibility and comprehension. In J. Allen, R. Carlson, Granstrom, S. Hunnicutt, D. Klatt and D. Pisoni. Conversion of Unrestricted English TCXJ to Speech. Cambridge, MA:MIT course notes, June 1979. (pdf)
1980
Bernstein, J. and Pisoni, D.B. (1980). Unlimited text-to-speech device: Description and evaluation of a mic-processor-based system. 1980 IEEE International Conference Record on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing. 576-579. (pdf)
Pisoni, D. B., and Hunnicutt, S. (1980). Perceptual evaluation of MITalk: Tile MIT unrestricted text to speech system. Proceedings of the International Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing. 572-575. (pdf)
1981
Luce, P.A. (1981). Comprehension of fluent synthetic speech produced by rule. Research on Speech Perception. (pdf)
Pisoni, D. B. (1981). Speeded classification of natural and synthetic speech in a lexical decision task. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. 70, S98. (pdf)
Pisoni, D. B. (1981). Perceptual processing of synthetic ,-speech: Implications for voice response systems in military applications. Paper presented at the Conference on Voioe-Jnteractive Avionics, Naval Air Development Center, Warminster, PA, April, 1981. (pdf)
Pisoni, D. B. and Koen, E. (1981). Some comparisons of intelligibility of synthetic and natural speech at different speech-to-noise ratios. Research on Speech Perception. (pdf)
1982
Greene, B.G., and Pisoni, D. B. (1982). Perception of synthetic speech by children: A fuse report. Research on Speech Perception. (pdf)
Nusbaum. H. C., and Pisoni, D. B. (198) Perceptual and cognitive constraints on the use of voice response systems. Proceedings of the 2nd Voice Data Entry Systems Applications Conference. Sunnyvale, CA: Lockheed, 1982. (pdf)
Pisoni, D. B. (1982). Perception of speech: The human listener as a cognitive interface. Speech Technology. 1, 10-23. (pdf)
Pisoni, D. B. (1982). Perceptual evaluation of voice response systems: intelligibility, recognition and understanding. Proceedings of the Workshop on Standardization from Speech I/O Technology. Washington, DC: National Bureau of Standards. 183-192. (pdf)
Pisoni, D. B. (1982). Speech technology: The evolution of computers that speak….and listen. Bloomington: Indiana University Office-of Research and Graduate Development. (pdf)
Slowiaczek, L. M. and Pisoni, D. B. (1982). Effects of practice on speeded classification of natural and synthetic speech. Research on Speech Perception. (pdf)
1983
Greene, B. G. (1983). Perception of synthetic-speech by children. Research on Speech Perception. (pdf)
Luce, P. A., Feustel, T. C., and Pisoni, D. B. (1983). Capacity demands in short-term memory for synthetic and natural word lists. Human Factors, 25, 17-32. (pdf)
Luce, P. A. and Pisoni, D. B. (1983). Capacity-demanding encoding of synthetic speech in serial-ordered recall. Research on Speech Perception. (pdf)
Luce, P. A. and Pisoni, D. B. (1983). The representation of synthetic speech in precategorical acoustic storage. Research on Speech Perception. (pdf)
Nusbaum, H. C., Pisoni, D. B., Schwab, E. C., Luce, P. A., and Slowiaezek, L. M. (1983). Perception of synthetic speech under high cognitive load. Paper presented at the Voice SubTAG Meeting, Fort Monmouth, NJ, October, 1983. (pdf)
Nusbaum, H. C. and Schwab, E. C. (1983). The effects of training on the intelligibility of synthetic speech: II. The learning curve for synthetic speech. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. 73, S3. (pdf)
Nusbaum, H. C., Schwab, E. C., and Pisoni, D. B. (1983). Perceptual evaluation of synthetic speech: Some constraint on the use of voice response systems. Proceedings of the 3rd Voice Data Entry Systems Applications Conference. Sunnyvale, CA: Lockheed, 1983. (pdf)
Pisoni, D. B., Nusbaum, H. C., Luce, P. A., and Schwab, E. C. (1983). Perceptual evaluation of synthetic speech: Some considerations of the user/system interface. Proceedings of the International Conference on Acoustics,Speech and Signal Processing, Boston, April 1983, 535-538. (pdf)
Schwab, E. C. and Pisoni, D. B. (1983). The effects of training on the intelligibility of synthetic speech: I. Pre-test and Post-test data. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. 73, S3. (pdf)
Slowiaczek, L. M. and Nusbaum, H. C. (1983). Effects of speech rate and pitch contour on perception of synthetic speech. Research on Speech Perception. (pdf)
1984
Greene, B. G., Manous, L. M., and Pisoni, D. B. (1984). Perceptual evaluation of DECtalk: A first report on Perfect Paul. Speech Research Laboratory. (pdf)
Manous, L. M., Greene, B. G., and Pisoni, D. B. (1984). Perceptual evaluation of Prose -- the Speech Plus text-to-speech system: I. Phoneme intelligibility and word recognition in meaningful sentences. Speech Research Laboratory. (pdf)
Nusbaum, H. C., Dedina, M. J., and Pisoni, D. B. (1984). Perceptual confusions of consonants in natural and synthetic CV syllables. Speech Research Laboratory. (pdf)
Nusbaum, H. C. and Pisoni, D. B. (1984). Perceptual evaluation of synthetic speech generated by rule. In Proceedings of the 4th Voice Data Entry System, Applications Conference. Sunnyvale, CA: Lockheed, 1984. (pdf)
1985
Schwab, E. C., Nusbaum, H. C., and Pisoni, D. B. (1985). Some effects of training on the perception of synthetic speech. Human Factors. 27, 395-408. (pdf)
Nusbaum, H. C. and Pisoni, D. B. (1985). Some constraints on the perception of synthetic speech. Behavior Research Methods, Instruments, & Computers. 17, 235-242. (pdf)
Pisoni, D. B., Nusbaum, H. C., and Greene, B. G. (1985). Perception of synthetic speech generated by rule. Proceedings of the IEEE. 73, 1665-1676. (pdf)
Pisoni, D. B., Greene, B. G., and Nusbaum, H. C. (1985). Some human factors issues in the perception of synthetic speech. Proceedings of Speech Tech-85, New York, April, 1985. 57-61. (pdf)
Nusbaum, H. C., Schwab, E. C., and Pisoni, D. B. (1985). Subjective evaluation of synthetic speech: Measuring preference, naturalness, and acceptability. Speech Research Laboratory. (pdf)
Greene, B. G., Manous, L. M., and Pisoni, D. B. (1985). Perceptual evaluation of DECtalk: A final report on Version 1.8. Research on Speech Perception. Speech Research Laboratory. (pdf)
Greenspan, S.L., Nusbaum, H.C., and Pisoni, D. B. (1985). Generalization of training with synthetic words and sentences. Speech Research Laboratory. (pdf)
Logan, J. S. and Greene, B. G. (1985). Perceptual evaluation of DECtalk Vl.8: Identification of isolated phonetically balanced (PB) words. Speech Research Laboratory. (pdf)
Logan, J. S., Greene, B. G. and Pisoni, D. B. (1985). Perceptual evaluation of the Prosc 3.0 text-to-speech system: Phoneme intelligibility measured using the MRT. Speech Research Laboratory. (pdf)
Greenspan, S. L., Nusbaum, H. C. and Pisoni, D. B. (1985). Perception of synthetic speech: Some effects of training and attentional limitations. Proceedings of the 5th Voice l/O Systems Applications Conference '85,San Francisco, September, 1985. (pdf)
Manous, L. M., Pisoni, D. B., Dedina, M. J. and Nusbaum, H. C. (1985). Comprehension of synthetic speech using a sentence verification task. Research on Speech Perception. (pdf)
Logan, J. S., Pisoni, D. B. and Greene, B. G. (1985). Measuring the segmental intelligibility of synthetic speech: MRT results for eight text-to-speech systems. Research on Speech Perception. (pdf)
Nusbaum, H. C., Greenspan, S. L. and Pisoni, D. B. (1985). Perceptual attention in monitoring natural and synthetic speech. Research on Speech Perception. (pdf)
Greenspan, S. L., Nusbaum, H. C. and Pisoni, D. B. (1985). Generation of training with synthetic words and sentences. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. (pdf)
Yuchtman, M., Nusbaum, H. C. and Pisoni, D. B. (1985). Consonant confusions and perceptual spaces for natural and synthetic speech. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. (pdf)
Slowiaczek, L. M. and Nusbaum, H. C. (1985). Effects of speech rate and pitch contour on perception of synthetic speech. Human Factors. 27, 701-712. (pdf)
1986
Greene, B. G., Logan, J. S. and Pisoni, D. B. (1986). Perception of synthetic speech produced automatically by rule: Intelligibility of eight text-to-speech systems. Behavior Research Methods, Instruments & Computers. 18, 100-107. (pdf)
Logan, J. S. and Pisoni, D. B. (1986). Preference judgements comparing different synthetic voices. Research on Speech Perception. (pdf)
Greene, B. G. (1986). Perception of synthetic speech by nonnative speakers of English. Proceedings of the Human Factors Society. 2, 1340-1343. (Also appears in SRL PR12, 1986.) (pdf)
Manous, L. M. and Pisoni, D. B. (1986). Effects of signal duration on the perception of natura1 and synthetic speech. Research on Speech Perception. (pdf)
Pisoni, D. B. and Dedina, M. J. (1986). Comprehension of digitally encoded natural speech using a sentence verification task {SVT): A first report. Research on Speech Perception. (pdf)
Logan, J. S. and Pisoni, D. B. (1986). Intelligibility of phoneme specific sentences using three text-to-speeh systems and a natural speech control. Research on Speech Perception. (pdf)
Pisoni, D. B. (1986). A brief overview of speech synthesis and recognition technologies. Proceedings of HumanFactors Sociery. 2, 1326-1330. (Also appears in SRL PRI2, 1986.) (pdf)
Pisoni, D. B. and Nusbaum, H. C. (1986). Developing methods for assessing the performance of speech synthesis and recognition systems. Proceedings of the Human Factors Society. 2, 1344--1348. (Also appears in SRLl'Rl2, 1986.) (pdf)
1987
Pisoni, D. B. (1987). Some measures of intelligibility and comprehension. In J. Allen, D.H. Klatt and S. Hunnicutt (Eds.) From Text to Speech: The MITalk System. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. 151-171. (pdf)
Pisoni, D. B., Manous, L. M. and Dedina, M. J. (1987). Comprehension of natural and synthetic speech: Effects of predictability on the verification of sentences controlled for intelligibility. Computer Speech and Language. 2, 303-320. (pdf)
1988
Greene, B. G. and Pisoni, D. B. (1988). Perception of synthetic speech by adults and children: Research on processing voice output from text-to-speech systems. In L.E. Bernstein (Ed.), The Vocally Impaired: Clinical Practice and Research, Philadelphia: Grune & Stratton. 206-248. (pdf)
Greenspan, S. L., Nusbaum, H. C. and Pisoni, D. B. (1988). Perceptual learning of synthetic speech produced by rule. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Learning, Memory, and Cognition. 14, 421-433.(Also appears in SRLPRl2, 1986.) (pdf)
Mullennix, J. W., Greene, B. G. and Pisoni, D. B. (1988). Voice output systems and their perceptual evaluation. To appear in R.J. Porter (Ed.), Speech Applications Handbook. Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum. (pdf)
1989
Ozawa, K. and Logan, J. S. (1989). Perceptual evaluation of two speech coding methods by native and non-native speakers of English. Computer Speech and Language, 3, 53-59. (pdf)
Logan, J. S., Greene, B. G. and Pisoni, D. B. (1989). Measuring the segmemtal intelligibility of synthetic speech produced by ten text-to-speech systems. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. 86, 566-581. (pdf)
Pisoni, D. B. (1989). Perceptual evaluation of synthetic speech: A tutorial review. ESCA Tutorial on Speech Input/Output Assessment and Speech Darabases. Noordwijkerhout, The Netherlands: European Speech Communication Association, 1989. 1-13. (pdf)
Pisoni, D. B., Greene, B. G., and Logan, J. S. (1989). An overview of ten years of research on the perception of synthetic speech. ESCA Tutorial on Speech Input/Output Assessment and Speech Databases. Noordwijkerhout, The Netherlands: European Speech Communication Association, 1989. 1-4. (pdf)
1990
Pisoni, D. B. and Greene, B. G. (1990). The role of cognitive factors in the perception of synthetic speech. In H. Fujisaki (Ed.) International Symposium on lnternational CoordinationandStandardizationofSpeech Database and AssessmentTechniquesforSpeech Input/Output, Kobe, Japan. 3-25. (pdf)
Pisoni, D. B., Ralston, J. . and Lively, S. E. (1990). Some new directions in research on comprehension of synthetic speech. In H. Fujisaki (Ed.), lnternational Symposium on lnternational Coordination and Standardization of Speech Database and AssessmentTechniques for Speech Inut/Output, Kobe, Japan. 29-42. (pdf)
Ralston, J. V., Lively, S. E., Pisoni, D. B. and Rivera, S. M. (1990). Measuring the workload of comprehending spoken discourse: A first report. Research on Speech Perception. (pdf)
Lively, S. E., Ralston, J. V., Pisoni, D. B. and Rivera, S. M. (1990). Effects of text structure on the comprehension of natural and synthetic speech. Research on Speech Perception. (pdf)
1991
Ralston, J. V., Pisoni, D. B., Lively, S. E., Greene, B. G., and Mullennix, J. W. (1991). Comprehension of synthetic speech produced by rule: Word monitoring and sentence- by-sentence listening times. Human Factors. 33, 471-491. (pdf)
Humes, L. E., Nelson, K. J. and Pisoni, D. B. (1991). Recognition of synthetic speech by hearingimpaired elderly listeners. Journal of Speech and Hearing Research. 34, ll80- 1184. (pdf)
Duffy, S. D. and Pisoni, D. B. (1991). Effects of sentence context on the signal duration required to identify natural and synthetic words. Research on Speech Perception. (pdf)
Duffy, S. D. and Nygaard, L. C. (1991). Construction of mental models in the comprehension of natural and synthetic speech. Research on Speech Perception. (pdf)
1992
Duffy, S. A. and Pisoni, D. R. Comprehension of synthetic speech produced by rule: A review and theoretical interpretation. Language and Speech. 35. (pdf)
Ralston, J. V., Pisoni, D. B., and Mullennix, J. W. Comprehension of synthetic speech produced by rule. In R. Bennett, A. Syrdal and S. Greenspan (Eds.) Behavioral Aspects of Speech Technology: Theory and Applications. New York: Elsevier. (pdf)