- 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 engineers designing and implementing MPEG-7 compliant systems, this book will also be a useful reference for researchers and graduate students working with multimedia database technology.
