Evaluation of glottal closure instant detection in a range of voice qualities

Speech Communication

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 295-314

  Kane, John ^a   Gobl, Christer ^a  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Glottal closure instant; Glottal epochs; Phonation type; Voice quality

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC CHARACTERISTIC; ANALYSIS ALGORITHMS; DETECTION RATES; FALSE POSITIVE; GLOTTAL CLOSURE INSTANT; GLOTTAL CLOSURE INSTANT DETECTION; GLOTTAL EPOCHS; IDENTIFICATION ACCURACY; LINEAR PREDICTION; PHONATION TYPE; SPEECH TECHNOLOGY; TRANSFORMATION SYSTEMS; VOICE CHARACTERISTICS; VOICE QUALITY;

ALGORITHMS; SPEECH SYNTHESIS;

QUALITY CONTROL;

EID: 84870254871     PISSN: 01676393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.specom.2012.08.011     Document Type: Article

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