Abstract: A device (1) for transmitting speech information to the human body, comprising: a microphone (2) for inputting speech from an external source; a speech signal processor (20) that produces a consonant-clarified signal based on the input speech signal; a carrier signal generator (6) that produces a carrier signal; an amplitude modulator (8) that modulates the amplitude of the carrier signal based on the consonant-clarified signal; and a vibrator (12) that transmits mechanical vibrations based on the amplitude-modulated output signal; the speech signal processor (20) comprising: a consonant extracting unit that extracts the consonant parts from the speech signal; and a repetition processing unit that adds the extracted consonant parts to the speech signal to produce a consonant-clarified signal in which each of the consonant parts of the speech signal is repeated two or more times. This speech information transmitting device realizes good discriminability of speech information.

Abstract: A device (1) for transmitting speech information to the human body, comprising: a microphone (2) for inputting speech from an external source; a speech signal processor (20) that produces a consonant-clarified signal based on the input speech signal; a carrier signal generator (6) that produces a carrier signal; an amplitude modulator (8) that modulates the amplitude of the carrier signal based on the consonant-clarified signal; and a vibrator (12) that transmits mechanical vibrations based on the amplitude-modulated output signal; the speech signal processor (20) comprising: a consonant extracting unit that extracts the consonant parts from the speech signal; and a repetition processing unit that adds the extracted consonant parts to the speech signal to produce a consonant-clarified signal in which each of the consonant parts of the speech signal is repeated two or more times. This speech information transmitting device realizes good discriminability of speech information.