HMM-based Speech Synthesis with an Acoustic Glottal Source Model
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A major cause of degradation of speech quality in HMMbased speech synthesis is the use of a simple delta pulse signal to generate the excitation of voiced speech. This paper describes a new approach to using an acoustic glottal source model in HMM-based synthesisers. The goal is to improve speech quality and parametric flexibility to better model and transform voice characteristics.
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تاریخ انتشار 2009