Voice conversion by mapping the speaker-specific features using pitch synchronous approach

Computer Speech and Language

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 474-494

  Rao, K Sreenivasa ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

ABX test; Duration and energy patterns; Excitation source; Feedforward neural network (FFNN); Glottal closure; Instants of significant excitation (epochs); LP residual; Mapping function; Mean opinion score (MOS); Objective measures; Pitch contour; Prosody characteristics; Voice conversion

Indexed keywords

ABX TEST; ENERGY PATTERNS; EXCITATION SOURCE; EXCITATION SOURCES; MAPPING FUNCTIONS; MEAN OPINION SCORES; OBJECTIVE MEASURE; PITCH CONTOURS; VOICE CONVERSION;

FEEDFORWARD NEURAL NETWORKS; GROUP DELAY; PHOTOMAPPING; SPEECH PROCESSING; STATISTICAL TESTS;

CONTINUOUS SPEECH RECOGNITION;

EID: 77950029338     PISSN: 08852308     EISSN: 10958363     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csl.2009.03.003     Document Type: Article

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