| Presentation | 2015-01-30 Towards a Model that Represents Relationship Between Speech Parameters and Speakers' Emotional Impressions : Improvement of Conveyed Impressions by Controlling Speech Rate and Voice Pitch Takahiro ONO, Hiroto SAITO, Hiroshi KANEKO, Naoki MUKAWA, |
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| Abstract(in English) | Speech-rate conversion (SRC) which slows speakers' utterances improves speech intelligibility. At the same time, converted voices may convey emotional impressions different from original speech, and they may impair comprehension of intention and feeling between conversation participants. Elucidation of the relationships between modified prosodic features in SRC speech signals and conveyed emotional impressions is important because emotional impressions in conversations are varied by prosodic features (power, pitch, speech-rate etc.). The aim of the study is developing SRC that maintains speakers' emotional impressions. For the purpose we build a model that describes the relationship between modified speech parameters and emotional impressions. First, conveyed impressions are evaluated by modifying speech rate and pitch. Then, we propose an adaptive algorithm controlling speech-rates and pitches, and show that it maintains and improves emotional impressions. |
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| Keyword(in English) | Prosodic Features / Emotional Impressions / Speech Processing |
| Paper # | HCS2014-107 |
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| Conference Date | 2015/1/23(1days) |
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| Language | JPN |
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| Title (in English) | Towards a Model that Represents Relationship Between Speech Parameters and Speakers' Emotional Impressions : Improvement of Conveyed Impressions by Controlling Speech Rate and Voice Pitch |
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| Keyword(1) | Prosodic Features |
| Keyword(2) | Emotional Impressions |
| Keyword(3) | Speech Processing |
| 1st Author's Name | Takahiro ONO |
| 1st Author's Affiliation | Graduate School of Information Environment, Tokyo Denki University() |
| 2nd Author's Name | Hiroto SAITO |
| 2nd Author's Affiliation | School of Information Environment, Tokyo Denki University |
| 3rd Author's Name | Hiroshi KANEKO |
| 3rd Author's Affiliation | School of Information Environment, Tokyo Denki University |
| 4th Author's Name | Naoki MUKAWA |
| 4th Author's Affiliation | School of Information Environment, Tokyo Denki University |
| Date | 2015-01-30 |
| Paper # | HCS2014-107 |
| Volume (vol) | vol.114 |
| Number (no) | 440 |
| Page | pp.pp.- |
| #Pages | 6 |
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