Title

Voice Conversion Based on Hybrid SVR and GMM

Journal title

Archives of Acoustics

Yearbook

2012

Volume

vol. 37

Issue

No 2

Authors

Peng Song ; Yun Jin ; Li Zhao ; Cairong Zou

Keywords

voice conversion ; support vector regression ; Gaussian mixture model ; F0 prediction ; speaker-specific information

Divisions of PAS

Nauki Techniczne

Coverage

143-149

Publisher

Polish Academy of Sciences, Institute of Fundamental Technological Research, Committee on Acoustics

Date

2012

Type

Artykuły / Articles

Identifier

DOI: 10.2478/v10168-012-0020-9

Source

Archives of Acoustics; 2012; vol. 37; No 2; 143-149

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