| Presentation | 2021-06-19 Preliminary study on synthesizing relaxing voices Yuki Watanabe, Shuichi Sakamoto, Takayuki Hoshi, Yoshiki Nagatani, Manabu Nakano, |
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| Abstract(in Japanese) | (See Japanese page) |
| Abstract(in English) | The goal of this study is to synthesize speech sound which induces relaxed emotion. As the preliminary study, we investigated how listeners felt when they heard speech sounds with various emotions. In addition, we analyzed the relationship between perceived emotions and the acoustic features of the speech sound with emotions. The results of the experiment revealed that relaxed emotion was categorized in the quadrant of positive valance and negative activation. Moreover, a positive correlation was observed between the recognized and evoked relaxed emotions. On the other hand, the strong correlation between low-order acoustic features commonly used to synthesize emotional speech sound and the amount of perceived relaxed emotion was not seen. These results suggest that more appropriate acoustic features need to be considered for the stable synthesis of the speech sound that induces relaxed emotions in the future work. |
| Keyword(in Japanese) | (See Japanese page) |
| Keyword(in English) | emotional voice / acoustic features / relaxing / evoked emotion / voice conversion / speech synthesis |
| Paper # | SP2021-19 |
| Date of Issue | 2021-06-11 (SP) |
| Conference Information | |
| Committee | SP / IPSJ-SLP / IPSJ-MUS |
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| Conference Date | 2021/6/18(2days) |
| Place (in Japanese) | (See Japanese page) |
| Place (in English) | Online |
| Topics (in Japanese) | (See Japanese page) |
| Topics (in English) | OTOGAKU Symposium 2021 |
| Chair | Hisashi Kawai(NICT) / 北岡 教英(豊橋技科大) / 竹川 佳成(はこだて未来大) |
| Vice Chair | |
| Secretary | (Univ. of Tokyo) / (Waseda Univ.) / (京大) |
| Assistant | Yusuke Ijima(NTT) |
| Paper Information | |
| Registration To | Technical Committee on Speech / Special Interest Group on Spoken Language Processing / Special Interest Group on Music and Computer |
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| Language | JPN |
| Title (in Japanese) | (See Japanese page) |
| Sub Title (in Japanese) | (See Japanese page) |
| Title (in English) | Preliminary study on synthesizing relaxing voices |
| Sub Title (in English) | from a perspective of recognized/evoked emotions and acoustic features |
| Keyword(1) | emotional voice |
| Keyword(2) | acoustic features |
| Keyword(3) | relaxing |
| Keyword(4) | evoked emotion |
| Keyword(5) | voice conversion |
| Keyword(6) | speech synthesis |
| 1st Author's Name | Yuki Watanabe |
| 1st Author's Affiliation | Tohoku University(Tohoku Univ.) |
| 2nd Author's Name | Shuichi Sakamoto |
| 2nd Author's Affiliation | Tohoku University(Tohoku Univ.) |
| 3rd Author's Name | Takayuki Hoshi |
| 3rd Author's Affiliation | Pixie Dust Technologies, Inc.(Pixie Dust Technologies) |
| 4th Author's Name | Yoshiki Nagatani |
| 4th Author's Affiliation | Pixie Dust Technologies, Inc.(Pixie Dust Technologies) |
| 5th Author's Name | Manabu Nakano |
| 5th Author's Affiliation | Pixie Dust Technologies, Inc.(Pixie Dust Technologies) |
| Date | 2021-06-19 |
| Paper # | SP2021-19 |
| Volume (vol) | vol.121 |
| Number (no) | SP-66 |
| Page | pp.pp.85-90(SP), |
| #Pages | 6 |
| Date of Issue | 2021-06-11 (SP) |