Title :
Voice Conversion Using HMM combined with GMM
Author :
Yue, Zhenjun ; Zou, Xiang ; Jia, Yongxing ; Wang, Hao
Abstract :
According to HMM´s strong representation capability of speech signal and GMM´s better transformation effect, a method for LSF conversion using HMM combined with GMM is proposed. The theoretical derivation and flow diagram of this algorithm are offered, and gauss model is introduced to achieve the prosodic features transformation. The experiment is applied on two segment speech, and the result reveals that the converted speech has good naturalness. The ABX test indicates that converted speech is 90.2% similar to the target speaker’s.
Keywords :
Gaussian distribution; Hidden Markov models; Image converters; Programmable logic arrays; Signal processing; Signal processing algorithms; Speech coding; Speech processing; Speech synthesis; Stochastic processes; GMM; HMM; LSF; subjective evaluation; voice conversion;
Conference_Titel :
Image and Signal Processing, 2008. CISP '08. Congress on
Conference_Location :
Sanya, China
Print_ISBN :
978-0-7695-3119-9
DOI :
10.1109/CISP.2008.165