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| Presentation | 2013-06-14 13:30 Combining perceptually-motivated spectral shaping with loudness and duration modification for intelligibility enhancement of HMM-based synthetic speech in noise Cassia Valentini-Botinhao (Univ. of Edinburgh), Junichi Yamagishi (NII/Univ. of Edinburgh), Simon King (Univ. of Edinburgh), Yannis Stylianou (FORTH, Greece)  SP2013-47 WIT2013-17 |
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| Abstract | (in Japanese) | (See Japanese page) |
| (in English) | This paper presents our entry to a speech-in-noise intelligibility enhancement evaluation: the Hurricane Challenge. The system consists of a Text-To-Speech voice manipulated through a combination of enhancement strategies, each of which is known to be individually successful: a perceptually-motivated spectral shaper based on the Glimpse Proportion measure, dynamic range compression, and adaptation to Lombard excitation and duration patterns. We achieved substantial intelligibility improvements relative to unmodified synthetic speech: 4.9dB in competing speaker and 4.1dB in speech-shaped noise. An analysis conducted across this and other two similar evaluations shows that the spectral shaper and the compressor (both of which are loudness boosters) contribute most under higher SNR conditions, particularly for speech-shaped noise. Duration and excitation Lombard-adapted changes are more beneficial in lower SNR conditions, and for competing speaker noise. | |
| Keyword | (in Japanese) | (See Japanese page) |
| (in English) | ntelligibility of speech in noise / HMM-based speech synthesis / Lombard speech / / / / / | |
| Reference Info. | IEICE Tech. Rep., vol. 113, no. 76, SP2013-47, pp. 95-100, June 2013. | |
| Paper # | SP2013-47 | |
| Date of Issue | 2013-06-06 (SP, WIT) | |
| ISSN | Print edition: ISSN 0913-5685 Online edition: ISSN 2432-6380 | |
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| Committee | SP WIT |
| Conference Date | 2013-06-13 - 2013-06-14 |
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| Registration To | SP |
| Conference Code | 2013-06-SP-WIT |
| Language | English |
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| Title (in English) | Combining perceptually-motivated spectral shaping with loudness and duration modification for intelligibility enhancement of HMM-based synthetic speech in noise |
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| Keyword(1) | ntelligibility of speech in noise |
| Keyword(2) | HMM-based speech synthesis |
| Keyword(3) | Lombard speech |
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| 1st Author's Name | Cassia Valentini-Botinhao |
| 1st Author's Affiliation | University of Edinburgh (Univ. of Edinburgh) |
| 2nd Author's Name | Junichi Yamagishi |
| 2nd Author's Affiliation | National Institute of Informatics/University of Edinburgh (NII/Univ. of Edinburgh) |
| 3rd Author's Name | Simon King |
| 3rd Author's Affiliation | University of Edinburgh (Univ. of Edinburgh) |
| 4th Author's Name | Yannis Stylianou |
| 4th Author's Affiliation | Foundation of Research and Technology Hellas, Greece (FORTH, Greece) |
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| Speaker | Author-2 |
| Date Time | 2013-06-14 13:30:00 |
| Presentation Time | 30 minutes |
| Registration for | SP |
| Paper # | SP2013-47, WIT2013-17 |
| Volume (vol) | vol.113 |
| Number (no) | no.76(SP), no.77(WIT) |
| Page | pp.95-100 |
| #Pages | 6 |
| Date of Issue | 2013-06-06 (SP, WIT) |
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