Comparison of multiple voice source parameters in different phonation types

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

Volumn 2, Issue , 2007, Pages 1333-1336

  Airas, Matti ^a   Alku, Paavo ^a  

^a AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Inverse filtering; Parameterization; Phonation type; Voice quality; Voice source

Indexed keywords

PARAMETERIZATION; SPEECH;

FLOW PARAMETERS; GLOTTAL FLOW; INVERSE FILTERING; PARAMETERIZED; PERFORMANCE; PHONATION TYPE; SOURCE PARAMETERS; VOICE QUALITY; VOICE SOURCES;

INVERSE PROBLEMS;

EID: 56149124999     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19909772     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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