acoustic feature

noun

, Phonetics.

any acoustic property of a speech sound that may be recorded and analyzed, as its fundamental frequency or formant structure.
an acoustic property that defines a class of speech sounds, especially in distinctive feature analysis, as acute, grave, or diffuse.

acoustic feature

noun

phonetics any of the acoustic components or elements present in a speech sound and capable of being experimentally observed, recorded, and reproduced

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More recently, researchers have been training models that convert acoustic features directly to text transcriptions, potentially optimizing all parts for the end task.

From MIT Technology Review

His voice became faint if I ever lagged too far behind, an acoustic feature meant to imitate real life.

From MIT Technology Review

They are not responsible for any specific sound or acoustic feature of sounds except, possibly, accent or stress.

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