DNN-based stochastic postfilter for HMM-based speech synthesis

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

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 1954-1958

  Chen, Ling Hui ^a,b   Raitio, Tuomo ^c   Valentini Botinhao, Cassia ^d   Yamagishi, Junichi ^d,e   Ling, Zhen Hua ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

^b IFLYTEK RESEARCH   (China)

^c AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFORMATICS   (Japan)

Author keywords

DNN; HMM; Modulation spectrum; Postfilter; Segmental quality; Speech synthesis

Indexed keywords

MODULATION; PLASMA DIAGNOSTICS; SPEECH SYNTHESIS; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS;

CONDITIONAL PROBABILITIES; CONVENTIONAL METHODS; DNN; HMM; HMM-BASED SPEECH SYNTHESIS; MODULATION SPECTRUM; POSTFILTERS; SPECTRAL FINE STRUCTURES;

SPEECH COMMUNICATION;

EID: 84910100893     PISSN: 2308457X     EISSN: 19909772     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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