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Using group delay functions from all-pole models for speaker recognition

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2013

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Hanilçi, Cemal

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Rajan, Padmanabhan
Kinnunen, Tomi H.
Pohjalainen, Jouni
Alku, Paavo
Bimbot, F.
Cerisara, C.
Fougeron, C.
Gravier, G.
Lamel, L.
Pellegrino, F.

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Isc-Int Speech Communication Association

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Popular features for speech processing, such as mel-frequency cepstral coefficients (MFCCs), are derived from the short-term magnitude spectrum, whereas the phase spectrum remains unused. While the common argument to use only the magnitude spectrum is that the human ear is phase-deaf, phase-based features have remained less explored due to additional signal processing difficulties they introduce. A useful representation of the phase is the group delay function, but its robust computation remains difficult. This paper advocates the use of group delay functions derived from parametric all-pole models instead of their direct computation from the discrete Fourier transform. Using a subset of the vocal effort data in the NIST 2010 speaker recognition evaluation (SRE) corpus, we show that group delay features derived via parametric all-pole models improve recognition accuracy, especially under high vocal effort. Additionally, the group delay features provide comparable or improved accuracy over conventional magnitude-based MFCC features. Thus, the use of group delay functions derived from all-pole models provide an effective way to utilize information from the phase spectrum of speech signals.

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Bu çalışma, 25-29 Ağustos 2013 tarihlerinde Lyon[Fransa]'da düzenlenen 14. Annual Conference of the International Speech Communication Association [Interspeech 2013]'da bildiri olarak sunulmuştur.

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Computer science, Engineering, Speaker verification, Group delay functions, High vocal effort, Additive noise, Verification, Discrete Fourier transforms, Group delay, Poles, Signal processing, Speech processing, Direct computations, Group delay functions, Mel-frequency cepstral coefficients, Recognition accuracy, Speaker recognition, Speaker recognition evaluations, Speaker verification, Vocal efforts, Speech recognition

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Rajan, P. vd. (2013). "Using group delay functions from all-pole models for speaker recognition". 14th Annual Conference of the International Speech Communication Association (Interspeech 2013), 1-5, 2488-2492.

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