Classification of the correct Quranic letters pronunciation of male and female reciters

Khairuddin, Safiah and Ahmad, Salmiah and Embong, Abd Halim and Nik Hashim, Nik Nur Wahidah and Altamas, Tareq M.K. and Syd Badaruddin, Syarifah Nuratikah and Hassan, Surul Shahbudin (2017) Classification of the correct Quranic letters pronunciation of male and female reciters. In: 6th International Conference on Mechatronics (ICOM'17), 8th–9th August 2017, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

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Abstract

Recitation of the Holy Quran with the correct Tajweed is essential for every Muslim. Islam has encouraged Quranic education since early age as the recitation of the Quran correctly will represent the correct meaning of the words of Allah. It is important to recite the Quranic verses according to its characteristics (sifaat) and from its point of articulations (makhraj). This paper presents the identification and classification analysis of Quranic letters pronunciation for both male and female reciters, to obtain the unique representation of each letter by male as compared to female expert reciters. Linear Discriminant Analysis (LDA) was used as the classifier to classify the data with Formants and Power Spectral Density (PSD) as the acoustic features. The result shows that linear classifier of PSD with band 1 and band 2 power spectral combinations gives a high percentage of classification accuracy for most of the Quranic letters. It is also shown that the pronunciation by male reciters gives better result in the classification of the Quranic letters.

Item Type:	Conference or Workshop Item (Plenary Papers)
Additional Information:	4113/61224
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Quranic Letters, Formants, Power Spectral Density, Linear Discriminant Analysis
Subjects:	B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BP Islam. Bahaism. Theosophy, etc > BP1 Islam > BP100 Sacred books > BP134 Qur'an T Technology > T Technology (General)
Kulliyyahs/Centres/Divisions/Institutes (Can select more than one option. Press CONTROL button):	Centre for Languages and Pre-University Academic Development (CELPAD) > Quranic Language Division Kulliyyah of Engineering > Department of Mechatronics Engineering
Depositing User:	Dr Nik Nur Wahidah Nik Hashim
Date Deposited:	12 Jan 2018 11:02
Last Modified:	22 Apr 2019 16:41
URI:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/id/eprint/61224

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