Speaker transformation algorithm using segmental codebooks (STASC)

Speech Communication

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 211-226

  Arslan, Levent M ^a  

^a BOGAZICI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC PROPERTIES; ALGORITHMS; FREQUENCIES; MARKOV PROCESSES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SPEECH CODING; SPEECH RECOGNITION;

CODEBOOK; HIDDEN MARKOV MODELS; LINE SPECTRAL FREQUENCIES; OVERLAP ADD ANALYSIS; SPEAKER TRANSFORMATION; TIME VARYING FILTER; VOICE CONVERSION;

SPEECH PROCESSING;

EID: 0033154052     PISSN: 01676393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-6393(99)00015-1     Document Type: Article

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