Comparing GMM-based speech transformation systems

International Speech Communication Association - 8th Annual Conference of the International Speech Communication Association, Interspeech 2007

Volumn 4, Issue , 2007, Pages 2852-2855

  Mesbahi, Larbi ^a   Barreaud, Vincent ^a   Boeffard, Olivier ^a  

^a CAMPUS DE BEAULIEU   (France)

Author keywords

GMM based voice conversion; Over fitting; Over smoothing

Indexed keywords

MAGNETOSTRICTIVE DEVICES; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; SPEECH;

CONVERSION FUNCTIONS; GMM-BASED VOICE CONVERSION; OVER-FITTING; OVER-SMOOTHING; SPEECH CORPORA; SPEECH DATABASES; SPEECH TRANSFORMATIONS; VOICE CONVERSIONS;

SPEECH COMMUNICATION;

EID: 56149098813     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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