Title
A Novel Model-Based Pitch Conversion Method For Mandarin Speech
Abstract
In this paper, a novel model-based pitch conversion method for Mandarin is presented and compared with other two conventional conversion methods, i.e. the mean/variance transformation approach and the GMM-based mapping approach. Syllable pitch contour is first quantized by 3(rd) order orthogonal expansion coefficients; then, the source and target speakers' prosodic models are constructed, respectively. Two mapping methods based on the prosodic model are presented. Objective tests confirmed that one of the proposed methods are superior the conventional methods. Some findings in informal listening tests and objective tests are worthwhile to further investigate.
Year
Venue
Keywords
2009
INTERSPEECH 2009: 10TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF THE INTERNATIONAL SPEECH COMMUNICATION ASSOCIATION 2009, VOLS 1-5
prosodic model, pitch conversion, prosody conversion, voice conversion
Field
DocType
Citations 
Computer science,Speech recognition,Mandarin Chinese
Conference
0
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.34
1
4
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Hsin-Te Hwang1637.93
Chen-Yu Chiang23111.55
Po-Yi Sung301.69
Sin-Horng Chen427339.86