Data processing: speech signal processing – linguistics – language – Speech signal processing – For storage or transmission
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2007-04-17
2010-12-07
McFadden, Susan (Department: 2626)
Data processing: speech signal processing, linguistics, language
Speech signal processing
For storage or transmission
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ABSTRACT:
An apparatus for providing voice conversion using temporal dynamic features includes a feature extractor and a transformation element. The feature extractor may be configured to extract dynamic feature vectors from source speech. The transformation element may be in communication with the feature extractor and configured to apply a first conversion function to a signal including the extracted dynamic feature vectors to produce converted dynamic feature vectors. The first conversion function may have been trained using at least dynamic feature data associated with training source speech and training target speech. The transformation element may be further configured to produce converted speech based on an output of applying the first conversion function.
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Nurminen Jani K.
Popa Victor
Tian Jilei
Alston & Bird LLP
McFadden Susan
Nokia Corporation
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