Method for pitch extraction of speech signals using autocorrelation functions through multiple window lengths

Electronics and Communications in Japan, Part III: Fundamental Electronic Science (English translation of Denshi Tsushin Gakkai Ronbunshi)

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 67-79

  Takagi, Tohru ^a   Seiyama, Nobumasa ^a   Miyasaka, Eiichi ^a  

^a NHK SCIENCE AND TECHNICAL RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (Japan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CORRELATION METHODS; FREQUENCIES; SIGNAL DISTORTION; SPEECH ANALYSIS; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE;

AUTOCORRELATION FUNCTIONS; MULTIPLE WINDOW LENGTHS; PITCH EXTRACTION; PROSODY CONVERSION;

SPEECH PROCESSING;

EID: 0033909254     PISSN: 10420967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1520-6440(200002)83:2<67::AID-ECJC6>3.0.CO;2-2     Document Type: Article

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