An approach to an Italian Talking Head

EUROSPEECH 2001 - SCANDINAVIA - 7th European Conference on Speech Communication and Technology

Volumn , Issue , 2001, Pages 1035-1038

  Pelachaud, C ^a   Magno Caldognetto, E ^b   Zmarich, C ^b   Cosi, P ^b  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MOTION PICTURE EXPERTS GROUP STANDARDS; RADIAL BASIS FUNCTION NETWORKS;

COMPUTATIONAL MODEL; FACIAL MODEL; LIP MOVEMENTS; MPEG-4 STANDARD; RADIAL BASIS FUNCTIONS; TALKING HEADS;

SPEECH COMMUNICATION;

EID: 85009142130     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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