<i>Speech Processing and Synthesis Toolboxes</i>

According to the preface for this text, it ''...is based on material presented during the first semester of the postgraduate Masters Course in Sound and Vibration Studies at the Institute of Sound and Vibration Research in the University of Southampton, UK.'' At 518 pages and with a significant breadth of coverage, that first semester must be rather challenging. Nonetheless, having read this text at length, I intend to hand it to my own students with the simple directive, ''Read this.'' Paraphrasing the preface, the first semester of the ISVR Masters Course targets students with little or no prior knowledge of acoustics. Many of us find ourselves in the same situation when introducing new students to acoustics here in the U.S., and it is that application that this text serves most admirably.