Investigations of Independence of Distortion Scales in Objective Evaluation of Synthesized Speech Quality

Electronics and Communications in Japan, Part III: Fundamental Electronic Science (English translation of Denshi Tsushin Gakkai Ronbunshi)

Volumn 83, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 14-22

  Yabuoka, Haruaki ^a   Nakayama, Takeshi ^b   Kitabayashi, Yukio ^b   Asakawa, Yoshiaki ^c  

^a Mitani Sangyo Co   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOYAMA   (Japan)

^c HITACHI LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

Distortion scale; Factor analysis; MOS; Quality evaluation; Synthesized speech

Indexed keywords

EID: 0012478832     PISSN: 10420967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1520-6440(200005)83:5<14::aid-ecjc2>3.0.co;2-k     Document Type: Article

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