| Presentation | 2006/5/12 Voice Conversion of Body Transmitted Speech Using Extremely Small Source Signal for Laryngectomized Patients Keigo NAKAMURA, Tomoki TODA, Hiroshi SARUWATARI, Kiyohiro SHIKANO, |
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| Abstract(in English) | This paper aims to improve the naturalness of speech using a medical device such as an electrolarynx. We propose a novel speaking aid system for total laryngectomees using a new sound source as an alternative of the existing electrolarynx, Non-Audible Murmur (NAM) microphone, and a statistical voice conversion technique. The new sound source outputs extremely small signals which cannot be heard by people around the speaker. The artificial speech caused by the signals is recorded with NAM microphone through soft tissues of the head. The result of voice conversion shows that the body transmitted artificial speech is consistently converted to more natural voice. In addition, we show the possibility of realizing man-machine communication for total laryngectomees from the result of speech recognition. |
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| Keyword(in English) | Laryngectomized patients / Electrolarynx / Voice conversion / NAM microphone |
| Paper # | WIT2006-12 |
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| Conference Date | 2006/5/12(1days) |
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| Language | JPN |
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| Title (in English) | Voice Conversion of Body Transmitted Speech Using Extremely Small Source Signal for Laryngectomized Patients |
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| Keyword(1) | Laryngectomized patients |
| Keyword(2) | Electrolarynx |
| Keyword(3) | Voice conversion |
| Keyword(4) | NAM microphone |
| 1st Author's Name | Keigo NAKAMURA |
| 1st Author's Affiliation | Graduate School of Information Science, Nara Institute of Science and Technology() |
| 2nd Author's Name | Tomoki TODA |
| 2nd Author's Affiliation | Graduate School of Information Science, Nara Institute of Science and Technology |
| 3rd Author's Name | Hiroshi SARUWATARI |
| 3rd Author's Affiliation | Graduate School of Information Science, Nara Institute of Science and Technology |
| 4th Author's Name | Kiyohiro SHIKANO |
| 4th Author's Affiliation | Graduate School of Information Science, Nara Institute of Science and Technology |
| Date | 2006/5/12 |
| Paper # | WIT2006-12 |
| Volume (vol) | vol.106 |
| Number (no) | 57 |
| Page | pp.pp.- |
| #Pages | 6 |
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