The Bionic Electro-Larynx Speech System - Challenges, Investigations, and Solutions (2015)
Abstract / truncated to 115 words
Humans without larynx need to use a substitution voice to re-obtain speech. The electro-larynx (EL) is a widely used device but is known for its unnatural and monotonic speech quality. Previous research tackled these problems, but until now no significant improvements could be reported. The EL speech system is a complex system including hardware (artificial excitation source or sound transducer) and software (control and generation of the artificial excitation signal). It is not enough to consider one separated problem, but all aspects of the EL speech system need to be taken into account. In this thesis we would like to push forward the boundaries of the conventional EL device towards a new bionic electro-larynx speech ...
electro-larynx – bionic – transducer – electromyographic – statistical voice conversion
Information
- Author
- Fuchs, Anna Katharina
- Institution
- Graz University of Technology, Signal Processing and Speech Communication Laboratory
- Supervisor
- Publication Year
- 2015
- Upload Date
- March 19, 2019
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