Conversion from facial myoelectric signals to speech: A unit selection approach

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

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 1184-1188

  Zahner, Marlene ^a   Janke, Matthias ^a   Wand, Michael ^a   Schultz, Tanja ^a  

^a KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Electromyography; Silent speech interface; Unit selection

Indexed keywords

AUDIO ACOUSTICS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; METADATA; SPEECH ANALYSIS; SPEECH PROCESSING; SPEECH SYNTHESIS;

DIRECT CONVERSION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHIC; MYOELECTRIC SIGNALS; RECENT RESEARCHES; SILENT SPEECH INTERFACES; SPEECH CONVERSION; UNIT SELECTION; UNIT SELECTION APPROACH;

SPEECH COMMUNICATION;

EID: 84910091101     PISSN: 2308457X     EISSN: 19909772     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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