Title :
Temporally variable multi-aspect N-way morphing based on interference-free speech representations
Author :
Kawahara, H. ; Morise, Masanori ; Banno, Hideki ; Skuk, Verena G.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Design Inf. Sci., Wakayama Univ., Wakayama, Japan
fDate :
Oct. 29 2013-Nov. 1 2013
Abstract :
Voice morphing is a powerful tool for exploratory research and various applications. A temporally variable multi-aspect morphing is extended to enable morphing of arbitrarily many voices in a single step procedure. The proposed method is implemented based on interference-free representations of periodic signals and found to yield highly-naturally sounding manipulated voices which are useful for investigating human perception of voice. The formulation of the proposed method is general enough to be applicable to other representations and easily modified depending on application needs.
Keywords :
hearing; speech processing; interference free speech representations; naturally sounding manipulated voice; periodic signal; temporally variable multiaspect N-way morphing; voice human perception; voice morphing; Abstracts; Educational institutions; Equations; Mathematical model; Speech; Time-frequency analysis; Vectors;
Conference_Titel :
Signal and Information Processing Association Annual Summit and Conference (APSIPA), 2013 Asia-Pacific
Conference_Location :
Kaohsiung
DOI :
10.1109/APSIPA.2013.6694355