MLLR adaptation for hidden semi-MARKOV model based speech synthesis

8th International Conference on Spoken Language Processing, ICSLP 2004

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 1213-1216

  Yamagishi, Junichi ^a   Masuko, Takashi ^a,b   Kobayashi, Takao ^a  

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b TOSHIBA CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MARKOV PROCESSES; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD; SPEECH SYNTHESIS;

ADAPTATION TECHNIQUES; HIDDEN SEMI-MARKOV MODELING; HIDDEN SEMI-MARKOV MODELS; HMM-BASED SPEECH SYNTHESIS; MATHEMATICAL ASPECTS; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD LINEAR REGRESSION; OUTPUT DISTRIBUTION;

SPEECH RECOGNITION;

EID: 85009080581     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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