Joint spectral distribution modeling using restricted boltzmann machines for voice conversion

Proceedings of the Annual Conference of the International Speech Communication Association, INTERSPEECH

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 3052-3056

  Chen, Ling Hui ^a   Ling, Zhen Hua ^a   Song, Yan ^a   Dai, Li Rong ^a  

^a University of Science and Technology of China   (China)

Author keywords

Restricted boltzmann ma chine; Spectral envelope; Voice conversion

Indexed keywords

PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION;

BOLTZMANN; GAUSSIAN MIXTURE MODEL; PROBABILITY CRITERION; PROBABILITY DENSITIES; RESTRICTED BOLTZMANN MACHINE; SPECTRAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECTRAL ENVELOPES; VOICE CONVERSION;

SPEECH PROCESSING;

EID: 84906225084     PISSN: 2308457X     EISSN: 19909772     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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