A pitch determination and voiced/unvoiced decision algorithm for noisy speech

Speech Communication

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 191-207

  Rouat, Jean ^a   Liu, Yong Chun ^a   Morissette, Daniel ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Amplitude modulation; Auditory model; Car speech; Multi channel selection; Residue pitch; Teager energy operator; Telephone speech

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC NOISE; ACOUSTIC SIGNAL PROCESSING; ALGORITHMS; DATABASE SYSTEMS; SPEECH ANALYSIS;

AUTOMATIC CHANNEL SELECTION MODULE; PITCH DETERMINATION ALGORITHM (PDA); PITCH EXTRACTION MODULE;

SPEECH PROCESSING;

EID: 0031124228     PISSN: 01676393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-6393(97)00002-2     Document Type: Article

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