Listening Tests



I started making a series of listening tests. These might eventually help us figure out e.g. the minimum acceptable audio sample-rate, what words people would use to search for sounds, or more generally if people find certain synthesis algorithms to be better than others, or as good as real recordings. They contain placeholder audio files right now. But I'm putting them here a) for feedback, and b) to facilitate focusing the discussion surrounding project outcomes.

The code for the listening tests has its own repository: https://github.com/michaelkrzyzaniak/Listening_Tests/tree/master

Classification

Take this test here


Figure 1: Screenshots of the classification test and its results.

Discrimination

Take this test here


Figure 2: Screenshots of the discrimination test and its results.

Ranking

Take this test here


Figure 3: Screenshots of the ranking test.

Word Cloud

Take this test here


Figure 4: Screenshots of the word cloud test and its results.

Video Coherence

Take this test here


Figure 5: Screenshot of the video coherence test.

Future Work

In light of our discussion with Russ and Will last week, we should also design tests that include audio and video together. Are the audio and video coherent? This might be an a/b test with two videos side by side (same video different audio) and listeners would select their preference.Update: This has been implemented, see Figure 5.

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  2. Michael, this is very interesting.
    A lot of our people are on holiday at the moment but I will get some of the sound designers to try out these tests as soon as we can.
    Keep up the good work.
    Many thanks

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    1. Thanks! No rush on having sound designers look at this; it actually isn't ready yet. I just put in fake sound files so I could design the interface, so let's wait until we have more synthesized sounds that we are happy with.

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    2. Mike, thanks for that and please let us know when you are happy for this to be tested?

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  3. These mock ups are very helpful for knocking up a quick experiment once you have some test files. Although simple, I believe we can get meaningful insights with even a small number of tests. For me, the ranking one seems likely to be most useful for evaluating engineering refinements, where the others can provide validation, benchmarking and summarisation.

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