Modeling the vocal tract transfer function using a 3D digital waveguide mesh

IEEE Transactions on Audio, Speech and Language Processing

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 453-464

  Speed, Matt ^a   Murphy, Damian ^a   Howard, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acoustic signal processing; Human voice; Signal processing; Speech synthesis

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC SIGNAL PROCESSING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; IMPULSE RESPONSE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SPEECH SYNTHESIS; TRANSFER FUNCTIONS; AUDIO ACOUSTICS; AUDIO RECORDINGS; MAGNETIC LEVITATION VEHICLES; WAVEGUIDES;

ACOUSTIC IMPULSE RESPONSE; ACOUSTIC RESPONSE; ACOUSTIC SIMULATIONS; DIGITAL WAVEGUIDE MESH; HIGHER FREQUENCIES; HUMAN VOICE; THREE DIMENSIONAL SIMULATIONS; VOCAL TRACT TRANSFER FUNCTIONS;

AUDIO ACOUSTICS; TRANSFER FUNCTIONS;

EID: 84897952482     PISSN: 15587916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TASLP.2013.2294579     Document Type: Article

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