Automatic discrimination between laughter and speech

Speech Communication

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 144-158

  Truong, Khiet P ^a   van Leeuwen, David A ^a  

^a TNO   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Automatic detection emotion; Automatic detection laughter

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC WAVES; ERROR DETECTION; GESTURE RECOGNITION; LEARNING SYSTEMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

AUTOMATIC DETECTION EMOTION; AUTOMATIC DETECTION LAUGHTER; LAUGHTER SEGMENTS; SPEECH DATA;

SPEECH ANALYSIS;

EID: 33846907749     PISSN: 01676393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.specom.2007.01.001     Document Type: Article

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