Analysis/synthesis and modification of the speech aperiodic component

Speech Communication

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 221-244

  Richard, Gaël ^a,b   D'Alessandro, Christophe ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Analysis synthesis; Aperiodic component of speech; Random formant wave forms; Rice representation; Speech decomposition; Speech modifications; Speech noises

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC SIGNAL PROCESSING; RANDOM PROCESSES; SHOT NOISE; SPEECH ANALYSIS; SPEECH RECOGNITION; SPEECH SYNTHESIS;

SPEECH APERIODIC COMPONENT; SPEECH MODIFICATION; SPEECH SIGNAL; VOICE QUALITY;

SPEECH PROCESSING;

EID: 0030232135     PISSN: 01676393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0167-6393(96)00038-6     Document Type: Article

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