loudness
noun
loud·ness
ˈlau̇d-nəs 
: the attribute of a sound that determines the magnitude of the auditory sensation produced and that primarily depends on the amplitude of the sound wave involved
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Advanced systems like those used by NBC often include phoneme-level alignment to capture individual sounds of speech and prosody modeling to mimic human pitch, loudness, tempo, and rhythm.
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Giovanni Malloy, Forbes.com, 6 May 2025
The researchers then examined the signals, including how strong they were (measured in decibels, a unit used to convey the relative intensity or loudness of a sound) and which frequencies the ear responded to most strongly.
—Khloe Quill, FOXNews.com, 5 Apr. 2025
Researchers also aim to decode paralinguistic features from brain activity to reflect changes in tone, pitch and loudness.
—Kurt Knutsson, Cyberguy Report, FOXNews.com, 16 Apr. 2025
The next steps include speeding up the AI's processing, making the output voice more expressive and exploring ways to incorporate tone, pitch and loudness variations into the synthesized speech.
—Kurt Knutsson, Cyberguy Report, FOXNews.com, 16 Apr. 2025
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Giovanni Malloy, Forbes.com, 6 May 2025
The researchers then examined the signals, including how strong they were (measured in decibels, a unit used to convey the relative intensity or loudness of a sound) and which frequencies the ear responded to most strongly.
—Khloe Quill, FOXNews.com, 5 Apr. 2025
Researchers also aim to decode paralinguistic features from brain activity to reflect changes in tone, pitch and loudness.
—Kurt Knutsson, Cyberguy Report, FOXNews.com, 16 Apr. 2025
The next steps include speeding up the AI's processing, making the output voice more expressive and exploring ways to incorporate tone, pitch and loudness variations into the synthesized speech.
—Kurt Knutsson, Cyberguy Report, FOXNews.com, 16 Apr. 2025
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“Loudness.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/loudness. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.
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