2. The system of claim 1 wherein the shaping processor is programmed to adjust the spectrum of a speech segment to improve an intelligibility and quality of the speech segment.
2. The system of claim 1 wherein the shaping processor is programmed to adjust the spectrum of a speech segment to improve an intelligibility and quality of the speech segment. 3. The system of claim 2 where the shaping processor, the articulation index processor, the signal-to-noise processor, and the background noise processor, comprises a unitary device.