Q:

Which sub-field of linguistics does research into speech synthesis/recognition belong?

In my search for Master's programs, I'm looking to work on speech synthesis or speech recognition.
I wonder what sub-discipline of linguistics I should be searching in. My first guess was Computational Linguistics, but that sub-discipline seems mainly dedicated to (written) text analysis, automatic translation, and the like. 
How can I find a Master's program on these and similar topics? Is there a particular sub-discipline that is dedicated to this study?
Thanks!

A:

Assuming that you want linguistics rather than CS, you should first identify individuals who do the kind of research that you are interested in. Typically, those would be authors of research papers in the area that you find most interesting. For instance, there a number of interesting papers on phonetic properties of under-described languages, and I would take note not only of the names of the authors, but also papers that are referred to therein (generating a second wave of paper-and-author identifications). I would eventually learn who I would really like to work with.
I would discard the notion of looking for a Master's program, at least temporarily, and only apply the MA program desideratum if there is a compelling reason to do so. If you are totally and irrevocably committed to an MA-only approach, then you could google that and see if you really want to work with one of the faculty so identified.

