HSMM-based model adaptation algorithms for average-voice-based speech synthesis

ICASSP, IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing - Proceedings

Volumn 1, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Yamagishi, Junichi ^a   Ogata, Katsumi ^a   Nakano, Yuji ^a   Isogai, Juri ^a   Kobayashi, Takao ^a  

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SPEECH SYNTHESIS;

SPEAKER ADAPTATION ALGORITHMS; SPEAKER-DEPENDENT MODELING; VOICE MODELS;

HIDDEN MARKOV MODELS;

EID: 33947669452     PISSN: 15206149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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