Identification of glottal pulses in speech signals allows pitch synchronization during speech coding and recognition. Some applications do not require real time operation, for example automated annotation of speech corpora for use as databases in Text-To-Speech systems. This paper describes a multi-pass, constraints-based method of generating pitch cycle markers for voiced sections of continuous speech. Examples are given that compare the performance of this automated system with other candidate algorithms and pulse identifications made using throat microphone signals.

Authors: Gray, Phil; Massara, Rob; Hollier, Mike
Affiliations: BT Research Laboratories, Martlesham Heath, Ipswich, UK ; University of Essex, Colchester, Essex, UK(See document for exact affiliation information.)
AES Convention: 105 (September 1998) Paper Number: 4778
Publication Date: September 1, 1998
Subject: Analysis and Synthesis of Sound

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