I was recently told about this interesting topic!
The intelligibility of an emergency announcement in a public area can be crucial for those present. This applies in particular to train stations and airports, congress and shopping centers, stadiums, lecture halls and classrooms, etc.
In order to ensure good speech intelligibility, an objective measurement process is necessary that delivers relevant and reproducible results. Measuring the Speech Transmission Index (STI) is such a process.
More details HERE!
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You may be interested in the measurements used in Voice over iP (VoIP) – when you make calls over the internet – for speech quality.
Here’s a white paper on it – https://www.electronicfrontier.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/Voice-Quality_Snom_Whte-Paper_2015-08-06-Approved-Content.pdf