Title :
Using Gaussian processes to synthesise voiced speech with natural pitch variations
Author :
Mclaughlin, Steve ; Leith, Douglas ; Mann, Iain
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron. & Electr. Eng., Edinburgh Univ., UK
Abstract :
This short paper demonstrates an application of Gaussian processes to voiced speech synthesis. The novelty lies in the application of an auxiliary input, which acts to vary the pitch of the synthesised sound. The ability to alter pitch has often been a difficulty of nonlinear speech synthesisers.
Keywords :
Gaussian processes; speech synthesis; Gaussian processes; natural pitch variations; nonlinear speech synthesisers; voiced speech synthesis; Character generation; Databases; Frequency; Gaussian processes; Hidden Markov models; Oscillators; Speech processing; Speech synthesis; Synthesizers; Time domain analysis;
Conference_Titel :
Digital Signal Processing, 2002. DSP 2002. 2002 14th International Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7503-3
DOI :
10.1109/ICDSP.2002.1027896
