Influence of vocal effort on average and variability of fundamental frequency

International Journal of Speech, Language and the Law

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 174-213

  Jessen, Michael ^a   Köster, Olaf ^a   Gfroerer, Stefan ^a  

^a Department of Speaker Identification and Audio Analysis ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

Forensic speaker identification; Fundamental frequency; Lombard speech; Reading; Spontaneous speech; Vocal effort

Indexed keywords

EID: 30344439487     PISSN: 17488885     EISSN: 17488893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1558/sll.2005.12.2.174     Document Type: Review

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