A method for analysing the perceptual relevance of glottal-pulse parameter variations

Speech Communication

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 175-189

  Van Dinther, R ^a,d   Kohlrausch, A ^a,b   Veldhuis, R ^c  

^a EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b PHILIPS RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Glottal pulse; LF parameters; Perceptual distance measure; Speech synthesis

Indexed keywords

ERROR ANALYSIS; FUNCTIONS; QUADRATIC PROGRAMMING; SPEECH SYNTHESIS;

GLOTTAL-PULSE; LF PARAMETERS; PERCEPTUAL DISTANCE MEASURE;

SPEECH COMMUNICATION;

EID: 1142269544     PISSN: 01676393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.specom.2003.07.002     Document Type: Conference Paper

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