Evaluation of extremely small sound source signals used in speaking-aid system with statistical voice conversion

IEICE Transactions on Information and Systems

Volumn E93-D, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1909-1917

  Nakamura, Keigo ^a   Toda, Tomoki ^a   Saruwatari, Hiroshi ^a   Shikano, Kiyohiro ^a  

^a NARA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Electrolarynx; Enhancing auditory feedback; Laryngectomee; NAM; Speaking aid; Voice conversion

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC GENERATORS; SPEECH ENHANCEMENT; SPEECH PRODUCTION AIDS;

AUDITORY FEEDBACK; ELECTROLARYNX; LARYNGECTOMEE; SPEAKING AID; VOICE CONVERSION;

SPEECH PROCESSING;

EID: 77956027630     PISSN: 09168532     EISSN: 17451361     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1587/transinf.E93.D.1909     Document Type: Conference Paper

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