Phonetics and Speech Sciences (말소리와 음성과학)

Korean Society of Speech Sciences (한국음성학회)
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Qualitative Classification of Voice Quality of Normal Speech and Derivation of its Correlation with Speech Features

정상 음성의 목소리 특성의 정성적 분류와 음성 특징과의 상관관계 도출

  • Received : 2014.02.05
  • Accepted : 2014.03.11
  • Published : 2014.03.31
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Abstract

In this paper voice quality of normal speech is qualitatively classified by five components of breathy, creaky, rough, nasal, and thin/thick voice. To determine whether a correlation exists between a subjective measure of voice and an objective measure of voice, each voice is perceptually evaluated using the 1/2/3 scale by speech processing specialists and acoustically analyzed using speech analysis tools such as the Praat, MDVP, and VoiceSauce. The speech parameters include features related to speech source and vocal tract filter. Statistical analysis uses a two-independent-samples non-parametric test. Experimental results show that statistical analysis identified a significant correlation between the speech feature parameters and the components of voice quality.

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