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J G Fox1, G J Coleman1, Gwyneth Llewellyn2
1a Ergonomics Information Analysis Centre, Department of Engineering Production , University of Birmingham , England.
Abstract:
A technique is proposed and evaluated for predicting the confusability of elements of an aural message transmitted by native English speakers against a noise background. The results suggest that a relatively simple comparison of the phonemic elements of a message with correspondingly located elements of other possible messages in a communication link allows a good prediction of potential confusions between correspondingly located segments of messages.
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