Title: Introduction to MPEG-7 audio
Description: Advances in technology, such as MP3 players, the Internet and DVDs, have led to the production, storage and distribution of a wealth of audio signals, including speech, music and more general sound signals and their combinations. MPEG-7 audio tools were created to enable the navigation of this data, by providing an established framework for effective multimedia management. MPEG-7 Audio and Beyond: Audio Content Indexing and Retrieval is a unique insight into the technology, covering the following topics:    the fundamentals of MPEG-7 audio, principally low-level descriptors and sound classification and similarity;  spoken content description, and timbre, melody and tempo music description tools;  existing MPEG-7 applications and those currently being developed;  examples of audio technology beyond the scope of MPEG-7.     Essential reading for practising electronic and communications engine...
Subjects: Computer Technology, Digital techniques, MPEG (Video coding standard), Multimedia systems, Nonfiction, Recording and reproducing, Sound, Standards, Mpeg (video coding standard), Multimedia technology - general & miscellaneous, Video - multimedia technology, Acoustics & sound technology, Video technology, Music technology - recording & reproduction