• DocumentCode
    2177346
  • Title

    Robust voice activity detection algorithm using spectrum estimation and dynamic thresholding

  • Author

    Zenteno, Efrain ; Sotomayor, Manuel

  • Author_Institution
    Telecommun. Eng., Univ. Catolica San Pablo, Arequipa, Peru
  • fYear
    2009
  • fDate
    10-11 Sept. 2009
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    5
  • Abstract
    An algorithm for voice activity detection (VAD) is presented in this paper, it uses the classical short time Fourier transform (STFT) followed by dynamic thresholding over the noise floor which allows accurate determination for voiced/unvoiced frame. This algorithm has also been implemented in a DSP plataform to evaluate its performance in real time, where results have shown that such method presents accurate voiced/unvoiced determination under unknown signal to noise ratio (SNR) conditions.
  • Keywords
    Fourier transforms; signal detection; speech processing; DSP plataform; digital speech processing; dynamic thresholding; short time Fourier transform; spectrum estimation; voice activity detection algorithm; Detection algorithms; Fourier transforms; Frequency; Robustness; Signal to noise ratio; Spectral analysis; Spectrogram; Speech analysis; Speech enhancement; Speech processing;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Communications, 2009. LATINCOM '09. IEEE Latin-American Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Medellin
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-4387-1
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-4244-4388-8
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/LATINCOM.2009.5304908
  • Filename
    5304908