Where's the uh, hesitation? The interplay between filled pause location, speech rate and fundamental frequency

Ambika Kirkland, Harm Lameris, Eva Szekely, Joakim Gustafson

Interspeech 2022

The table below contains en denoised version of the 8 sentences that were used in the perceptual study.
(the original files They are synthesizied in 27 versions using our spontaneous TTS. They vary in
filler position (none/initial/medial, speaking rate (slow/medium/fast) and pitch (low/medium/high)
The colours relate to 34 subjects' ratings along an axis from uncertain to certain.
(The original un-denoised files can be found here)

Uncertain

Neutral

Certain


Accurate

Low pitch

Medium pitch

High pitch

No FP, Slow speech rate
No FP, Medium speech rate
No FP, Fast speech rate
-
Initial FP, Slow speech rate
Initial FP, Medium speech rate
Initial FP, Fast speech rate
-
Medial FP, Slow speech rate
Medial FP, Medium speech rate
Medial FP, Fast speech rate

Bank

Low pitch

Medium pitch

High pitch

No FP, Slow speech rate
No FP, Medium speech rate
No FP, Fast speech rate
-
Initial FP, Slow speech rate
Initial FP, Medium speech rate
Initial FP, Fast speech rate
-
Medial FP, Slow speech rate
Medial FP, Medium speech rate
Medial FP, Fast speech rate

Heart

Low pitch

Medium pitch

High pitch

No FP, Slow speech rate
No FP, Medium speech rate
No FP, Fast speech rate
-
Initial FP, Slow speech rate
Initial FP, Medium speech rate
Initial FP, Fast speech rate
-
Medial FP, Slow speech rate
Medial FP, Medium speech rate
Medial FP, Fast speech rate

Kegs

Low pitch

Medium pitch

High pitch

No FP, Slow speech rate
No FP, Medium speech rate
No FP, Fast speech rate
-
Initial FP, Slow speech rate
Initial FP, Medium speech rate
Initial FP, Fast speech rate
-
Medial FP, Slow speech rate
Medial FP, Medium speech rate
Medial FP, Fast speech rate

Misunderstandings

Low pitch

Medium pitch

High pitch

No FP, Slow speech rate
No FP, Medium speech rate
No FP, Fast speech rate
-
Initial FP, Slow speech rate
Initial FP, Medium speech rate
Initial FP, Fast speech rate
-
Medial FP, Slow speech rate
Medial FP, Medium speech rate
Medial FP, Fast speech rate

Refund

Low pitch

Medium pitch

High pitch

No FP, Slow speech rate
No FP, Medium speech rate
No FP, Fast speech rate
-
Initial FP, Slow speech rate
Initial FP, Medium speech rate
Initial FP, Fast speech rate
-
Medial FP, Slow speech rate
Medial FP, Medium speech rate
Medial FP, Fast speech rate

Simon

Low pitch

Medium pitch

High pitch

No FP, Slow speech rate
No FP, Medium speech rate
No FP, Fast speech rate
-
Initial FP, Slow speech rate
Initial FP, Medium speech rate
Initial FP, Fast speech rate
-
Medial FP, Slow speech rate
Medial FP, Medium speech rate
Medial FP, Fast speech rate

Work

Low pitch

Medium pitch

High pitch

No FP, Slow speech rate
No FP, Medium speech rate
No FP, Fast speech rate
-
Initial FP, Slow speech rate
Initial FP, Medium speech rate
Initial FP, Fast speech rate
-
Medial FP, Slow speech rate
Medial FP, Medium speech rate
Medial FP, Fast speech rate