Automatic speaker recognition as a measurement of voice imitation and conversion

International Journal of Speech, Language and the Law

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 119-142

  Farrús, Mireia ^a   Wagner, Michael ^b   Erro, Daniel ^a   Hernando, Javier ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Imitation; Jitter; Prosody; Shimmer; Speaker recognition; Voice conversion

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956826012     PISSN: 17488885     EISSN: 17488893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1558/ijsll.v17i1.119     Document Type: Article

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