Restructuring speech representations using a pitch-adaptive time-frequency smoothing and an instantaneous-frequency-based F0 extraction: Possible role of a repetitive structure in sounds

Speech Communication

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 187-207

  Kawahara, Hideki ^a   Masuda Katsuse, Ikuyo ^a   De Cheveigné, Alain ^a  

^a ADVANCED TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE INTERNATIONAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SPEECH ANALYSIS; SPEECH SYNTHESIS;

PITCH-ADAPTIVE SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; PITCH-ADAPTIVE TIME-FREQUENCY SMOOTHING; SPEECH MODIFICATION; SURFACE RECONSTRUCTION METHODS;

SPEECH PROCESSING;

EID: 0032673049     PISSN: 01676393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-6393(98)00085-5     Document Type: Article

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