International Journal of Fuzzy Logic and Intelligent Systems

Korean Institute of Intelligent Systems (한국지능시스템학회)
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Design of Model to Recognize Emotional States in a Speech

  • Kim Yi-Gon (Division of Electronic communication and Electrical Engineering, Chonnam National University) ;
  • Bae Young-Chul (Division of Electronic communication and Electrical Engineering, Chonnam National University)
  • Published : 2006.03.01
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Abstract

Verbal communication is the most commonly used mean of communication. A spoken word carries a lot of informations about speakers and their emotional states. In this paper we designed a model to recognize emotional states in a speech, a first phase of two phases in developing a toy machine that recognizes emotional states in a speech. We conducted an experiment to extract and analyse the emotional state of a speaker in relation with speech. To analyse the signal output we referred to three characteristics of sound as vector inputs and they are the followings: frequency, intensity, and period of tones. Also we made use of eight basic emotional parameters: surprise, anger, sadness, expectancy, acceptance, joy, hate, and fear which were portrayed by five selected students. In order to facilitate the differentiation of each spectrum features, we used the wavelet transform analysis. We applied ANFIS (Adaptive Neuro Fuzzy Inference System) in designing an emotion recognition model from a speech. In our findings, inference error was about 10%. The result of our experiment reveals that about 85% of the model applied is effective and reliable.

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