Tongue Model derived from Data of the Ultrax Project

Introduction

This repository contains a tongue model derived from MRI data of the Ultrax project and of Adam Baker.

Components

The assets of this repository provide you with the following files:

• tongue_model.yaml : This is the tongue model in YAML format ready to be used with the mri-shape-tools.
• tongue_model.json : This is the tongue model in text-based JSON format.

License

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons BY-NC-ND. Thus, you should

• give appropriate credit if you use the work,
• not use it for commercial purposes,
• and not create derivatives of it.

Have a look at https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ for details.

If you are using the model, please cite, for the time being, the following paper:

@article{Hewer2018CSL,
  author = {Hewer, Alexander and Wuhrer, Stefanie and Steiner, Ingmar and Richmond, Korin},
  doi = {10.1016/j.csl.2018.02.001},
  eprint = {1612.05005},
  eprinttype = {arxiv},
  journal = {Computer Speech \& Language},
  month = sep,
  pages = {68-92},
  title = {A Multilinear Tongue Model Derived from Speech Related {MRI} Data of the Human Vocal Tract},
  url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/1612.05005},
  volume = {51},
  year = {2018}
}