Intonation in speaker identification: An experiment on pitch alignment features

Speech, Language and the Law

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 1-21

  Nolan, Francis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Intonation; Pitch alignment; Pitch range; Span; Speaker characterization; Speaker identification

Indexed keywords

EID: 54249148596     PISSN: 13501771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1558/sll.2002.9.1.1     Document Type: Article

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