Vocal tract shape identification from formant frequency spectra - A simulation using three-dimensional boundary element models

Journal of Sound and Vibration

Volumn 203, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 581-596

  Kagawa, Y ^c   Ohtani, Y ^a,c   Shimoyama, R ^b,c  

^a SHARP CORPORATION   (Japan)

^b TSUYAMA NATIONAL COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC WAVE TRANSMISSION; ALGORITHMS; BOUNDARY ELEMENT METHOD; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION;

VOCAL TRACT SHAPE IDENTIFICATION;

SPEECH SYNTHESIS;

EID: 0031164519     PISSN: 0022460X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jsvi.1996.0865     Document Type: Article

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