A Bayesian approach to hidden semi-Markov model based speech synthesis

Proceedings of the Annual Conference of the International Speech Communication Association, INTERSPEECH

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 1751-1754

  Hashimoto, Kei ^a   Nankaku, Yoshihiko ^a   Tokuda, Keiichi ^a  

^a NAGOYA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bayesian approach; HSMM; Speech synthesis

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN; BAYESIAN APPROACH; BAYESIAN APPROACHES; EXPLICIT STATE; HIDDEN SEMI-MARKOV MODELS; MODEL PARAMETERS; PREDICTIVE DISTRIBUTIONS; SPEECH SYNTHESIS SYSTEM; STATISTICAL TECHNIQUES; SYNTHESIZED SPEECH;

BAYESIAN NETWORKS; HIDDEN MARKOV MODELS; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; RANDOM PROCESSES; RANDOM VARIABLES; SPEECH COMMUNICATION; SPEECH SYNTHESIS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS;

EID: 70450177136     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19909772     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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