- Title
- On pole-zero model estimation methods minimizing a logarithmic criterion for speech analysis
- Creator
- Marelli, Damián; Balazs, Peter
- Relation
- IEEE Transactions on Audio, Speech and Language Processing Vol. 18, Issue 2, p. 237-248
- Publisher Link
- http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/TASL.2009.2025544
- Publisher
- Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Date
- 2010
- Description
- A speech production model consists of a linear, slowly time-varying filter. Pole-zero models are required for a good representation of certain types of speech sounds, like nasals and laterals. From a perceptual point of view, designing them by minimizing a logarithmic criterion appears as a very suitable approach. The most accurate available results are obtained by using Newton-like search algorithms to optimize pole and zero positions, or the coefficients of a decomposition into quadratic factors. In this paper, we propose to optimize the numerator and denominator coefficients instead. Experimental results show that this is the computationally most efficient approach, especially when the optimization criterion considers a psychoacoustical frequency scale. To illustrate its applicability in speech processing, we used the proposed method for formant and anti-formant tracking as well as speech resynthesis.
- Subject
- bark scale; estimation; iterative methods; logarithmic arithmetic; nasals; numerator and denominator; poles and zeroes; speech analysis; transfer functions
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/926554
- Identifier
- uon:9869
- Identifier
- ISSN:1558-7916
- Rights
- Copyright © 2010 IEEE. Reprinted from IEEE Transactions on Audio, Speech and Language Processing. This material is posted here with permission of the IEEE. Such permission of the IEEE does not in any way imply IEEE endorsement of any of the University of Newcastle's products or services. Internal or personal use of this material is permitted. However, permission to reprint/republish this material for advertising or promotional purposes or for creating new collective works for resale or redistribution must be obtained from the IEEE by writing to pubs-permissions@ieee.org. By choosing to view this document, you agree to all provisions of the copyright laws protecting it.
- Language
- eng
- Full Text
- Reviewed
- Hits: 2378
- Visitors: 3011
- Downloads: 850
| Thumbnail | File | Description | Size | Format | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| View Details Download | ATTACHMENT02 | Publisher version (open access) | 1 MB | Adobe Acrobat PDF | View Details Download |