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An automatic voice pleasantness classification system based on prosodic and acoustic patterns of voice preference
Luis Pinto Coelho (Coelho, L.); Daniela Braga (Braga, D.); Miguel Sales Dias (Dias, M. S.); Carmen Garcia-Mateo (Garcia-Mateo, C.);
Interspeech 2011 - 12th Annual Conference of the International Speech Communication Association
Year (definitive publication)
2011
Language
English
Country
Italy
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Abstract
In the last few years the number of systems and devices that use voice based interaction has grown significantly. For a continued use of these systems the interface must be reliable and pleasant in order to provide an optimal user experience. However there are currently very few studies that try to evaluate how good is a voice when the application is a speech based interface. In this paper we present a new automatic voice pleasantness classification system based on prosodic and acoustic patterns of voice preference. Our study is based on a multi-language database composed by female voices. In the objective performance evaluation the system achieved a 7.3% error rate
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Keywords
Speech analysis,Speech synthesis,Human voice
  • Computer and Information Sciences - Natural Sciences
  • Electrical Engineering, Electronic Engineering, Information Engineering - Engineering and Technology
  • Languages and Literature - Humanities

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