Vocal tract imaging system for post-laryngectomy voice replacement

Conference Record - IEEE Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 676-680

  Cai, Jun ^a,b   Hueber, Thomas ^c   Manitsaris, Sotiris ^a,b   Roussel, Pierre ^b   Crevier Buchman, Lise ^b   Stone, Maureen ^d   Pillot Loiseau, Claire ^b   Chollet, Gerard ^b   Dreyfus, Gerard ^b   Denby, Bruce ^a,b  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c GIPSA LAB   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND DENTAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

handicapped speech; laryngectomy; silent speech interface; vocal tract measurement; voice replacement

Indexed keywords

LARYNGECTOMY; REAL TIME MEASUREMENTS; SILENT SPEECH INTERFACES; TOTAL LARYNGECTOMIES; ULTRASOUND MACHINES; VOCAL-TRACTS;

HIDDEN MARKOV MODELS; INSTRUMENTS; SPEECH RECOGNITION; ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS;

MEASUREMENTS;

EID: 84882269737     PISSN: 10915281     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/I2MTC.2013.6555501     Document Type: Conference Paper

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