Speaker identification in emotional environments

Iranian Journal of Electrical and Computer Engineering

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 41-46

  Shahin, Ismail ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHARJAH   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

Emotional environments; Hidden Markov Models; Neutral environment; Second order Circular Hidden Markov Models; Speaker identification; Suprasegmental Hidden Markov Models

Indexed keywords

EMOTIONAL ENVIRONMENT; EMOTIONAL ENVIRONMENTS; NEUTRAL ENVIRONMENT; SECOND-ORDER CIRCULAR HIDDEN MARKOV MODELS; SPEAKER IDENTIFICATION; SUPRASEGMENTAL HIDDEN MARKOV MODELS;

LOUDSPEAKERS; SPEECH RECOGNITION;

HIDDEN MARKOV MODELS;

EID: 76949108081     PISSN: 16820053     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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