A method for analysis of the local speech rate using an inventory of reference units. - Sumio Ohno; Hiroya Fujisaki; Hideyuki Taguchi (EUROSPEECH, 1997)

Analysis of effects of lexical accent, syntax, and global speech rate upon the local speech rate. - Sumio Ohno; Hiroya Fujisaki; Hideyuki Taguchi (ICSLP, 1998)