Method and apparatus for decoding and changing the pitch of an e

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1996-10-25

1999-02-16

Hudspeth, David R.

Data processing: speech signal processing, linguistics, language

Speech signal processing

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704205, 704214, G10L 900

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058730591

ABSTRACT:
A method and apparatus for reproducing speech signals at a controlled speed and for synthesizing speech includes a dividing unit that divides the input speech into time segments and an encoding unit that discriminates whether each of the speech segments is voiced or unvoiced. Based on the results of the discrimination, the encoding unit performs sinusoidal synthesis and encoding for voiced segments and vector quantization by closed-loop search for an optimum vector using an analysis-by-synthesis method for unvoiced segments in order to find encoded parameters. A period modification unit modifies the length of time associated with each signal segment and calculates a set of modified encoded parameters. In the speech synthesizing unit, encoded speech signal data is output from the encoding unit and pitch data and amplitude data specifying the spectral envelope are sent via a data conversion unit to a waveform synthesis unit, where the number of amplitude data points of the spectral envelope is changed without changing the shape of the spectral envelope, so that the pitch of the signal may be varied without changing its phoneme. A waveform synthesis unit synthesizes the speech waveform based on the converted spectral envelope data and pitch data.

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