F0 and Segment Duration in Formant Synthesis of Speaker Age
Schötz, Susanne LU
(2006)
Speech Prosody 2006
p.515-518
- Abstract
- This paper describes the work with F0 and segment duration when developing a prototype system for analysis of speaker age using data-driven formant synthesis. The system was developed to extract 23 parameters from the test words—spoken by four differently aged female speakers of the same dialect and family — and to generate synthetic copies. Audio-visual feedback enabled the user to compare the natural and synthetic versions and facilitated parameter adjustment. Next, weighted linear interpolation was used in a first crude attempt to synthesize speaker age. Evaluation of the system revealed its strengths and weaknesses, and suggested further improvements. F0 and duration performed better than most other parameters.
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- Schötz, Susanne
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- 2006
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- host publication
- Proc. of Speech Prosody
- pages
- 515 - 518
- publisher
- Dresden
- conference name
- Speech Prosody 2006
- conference location
- Dresden, Germany
- conference dates
- 2006-05-02 - 2006-05-05
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- scopus:85045758972
- language
- English
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- The information about affiliations in this record was updated in December 2015. The record was previously connected to the following departments: Linguistics and Phonetics (015010003)
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booktitle = {{Proc. of Speech Prosody}},
language = {{eng}},
pages = {{515--518}},
publisher = {{Dresden}},
title = {{F0 and Segment Duration in Formant Synthesis of Speaker Age}},
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year = {{2006}},
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