Quantitative target approximation model: Simulating underlying mechanisms of tones and intonations

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

Volumn 1, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Prom on, Santitham ^a,b   Xu, Yi ^b   Thipakorn, Bundit ^a  

^a KING MONGKUT'S UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY THONBURI   (Thailand)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ERRORS; FEEDBACK; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; TIME DELAY;

ARTICULATORY MECHANISMS; ERROR RATE; TONES;

SPEECH PROCESSING;

EID: 33947677699     PISSN: 15206149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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