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F0 and Segment Duration in Formant Synthesis of Speaker Age

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Summary, in English

This paper describes the work with F0 and segment duration when developing a prototype system for analysis of speaker age using data-driven formant synthesis. The system was developed to extract 23 parameters from the test words—spoken by four differently aged female speakers of the same dialect and family — and to generate synthetic copies. Audio-visual feedback enabled the user to compare the natural and synthetic versions and facilitated parameter adjustment. Next, weighted linear interpolation was used in a first crude attempt to synthesize speaker age. Evaluation of the system revealed its strengths and weaknesses, and suggested further improvements. F0 and duration performed better than most other parameters.

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Publishing year

2006

Language

English

Pages

515-518

Publication/Series

Proc. of Speech Prosody

Document type

Conference paper

Publisher

Dresden

Topic

  • General Language Studies and Linguistics

Conference name

Speech Prosody 2006

Conference date

2006-05-02 - 2006-05-05

Conference place

Dresden, Germany

Status

Published