Dynamic programming approach to voice transformation

Speech Communication

Volumn 48, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1262-1272

  Salor, Özgül ^a   Demirekler, Mübeccel ^a  

^a MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Codebook; Dynamic programming; Line spectral frequencies; Speaker transformation; Voice transformation

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; DYNAMIC PROGRAMMING; MATRIX ALGEBRA; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; SPEECH SYNTHESIS;

CODEBOOK; LINE SPECTRAL FREQUENCIES (LSF); SPEAKER TRANSFORMATION; SPEECH QUALITY;

SPEECH TRANSMISSION;

EID: 33748468528     PISSN: 01676393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.specom.2006.06.003     Document Type: Article

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