A pattern recognition based esophageal speech enhancement system

Journal of Applied Research and Technology

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 56-71

  Mantilla Caeiros, A ^a   Nakano Miyatake, M ^b   Perez Meana, H ^b  

^a SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING AND SCIENCES   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO NACIONAL   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Electronic larynx; Esophageal speech; Multilayer perceptron; Speech enhancement; Speech synthesis; Voiced and unvoiced segments detection

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858448634     PISSN: 16656423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.22201/icat.16656423.2010.8.01.475     Document Type: Article

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