Automatic Identification of Modal, Breathy and Creaky Voices
نویسندگان
چکیده
This paper presents a way for the automatic identification of different voice qualities present in a speech signal which is very beneficiary for detecting any kind of speech by an efficient speech recognition system. Proposed technique is based on three important characteristics of speech signal namely Zero Crossing Rate, Short Time Energy and Fundamental Frequency. The performance of the proposed algorithm is evaluated using the data collected from three different speakers and an overall accuracy of 87.2 % is achieved.
منابع مشابه
Perception of spectral slopes and tone identification in White Hmong∗
This study investigates the importance of source spectrum slopes in the perception of phonation by White Hmong listeners. In White Hmong, non-modal phonation (breathy or creaky voice) accompanies certain lexical tones, but its importance in tonal contrasts is unclear. In this study, native listeners participated in two perception tasks, in which they were asked to identify the word they heard. ...
متن کاملThe timing and sequencing of coarticulated non-modal phonation in English and White Hmong
Despite the growing number of studies on the acoustics of non-modal phonation, little is known about how two distinct non-modal phonations can interact acoustically when coarticulated. This study investigates the acoustics of breathy-to-creaky phonation contours in vowels from a production study of native speakers of English and White Hmong. These languages differ in the nature of the non-modal...
متن کاملThe Effects of Four Voice Qualities on the Perception of a Female Voice
Stimuli produced by a female speaker with four different voice qualities, including modal, girlish, breathy and creaky, and three different pitches, were manipulated so that their formants were either more or less dispersed. Participants judged these stimuli on four scales (dominance, attractiveness, sexiness and youthfulness). Modal voice was highly rated for dominance. Creakiness was rated mo...
متن کاملVoice quality and tone identification in White Hmong.
This study investigates the importance of source spectrum slopes in the perception of phonation by White Hmong listeners. In White Hmong, nonmodal phonation (breathy or creaky voice) accompanies certain lexical tones, but its importance in tonal contrasts is unclear. In this study, native listeners participated in two perceptual tasks, in which they were asked to identify the word they heard. I...
متن کاملThe perception of coolness: Differences in evaluating voice quality in male and female speakers
We investigated possible motivations for the perceived increase in the use of creaky voice by young speakers by having listeners evaluate pairs of stimuli produced by different speakers in three different voice qualities (modal, creaky, breathy), along four different dimensions (coolness, youthfulness, attractiveness and authoritativeness). Generally, modal voice was the most preferred voice qu...
متن کامل