Baby Ears: A recognition system for affective vocalizations

ICASSP, IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing - Proceedings

Volumn 2, Issue , 1998, Pages 985-988

  Slaney, Malcolm ^a   McRoberts, Gerald ^a,b  

^a Interval Research Corporation   (United States)

^b LEHIGH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEPSTRAL COEFFICIENTS; EMOTIONAL STATE; GAUSSIANS; MALE SPEAKERS; RECOGNITION SYSTEMS;

ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING;

SIGNAL PROCESSING;

EID: 84892167910     PISSN: 15206149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICASSP.1998.675432     Document Type: Conference Paper

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