EUROSPEECH '95 Fourth European Conference on Speech Communication and Technology Madrid, Spain September 18-21, 1995

An Improved Epoch Detection Algorithm Based on Sinusoidal Modelling of Speech

M. L. Larreategui, F. J. Ancin, R. A. Carrasco

School of Engineering, Staffordshire University, Stafford, UK

Reliable and automatic estimation of the Glottal Closure Instant (GCI), also referred to as epoch or pitch-event, has increasingly become an essential requirement in many speech processing applications, such as high-quality speech synthesis [1][2] and speech coding [3]. Although several methods exist [4][5][6], GCI detection still remains a difficult task. In this paper a robust pitch-event detection algorithm based on the sinusoidal modelling of speech is proposed. The improvement in performance over other well-known epoch detectors demonstrates the powerfulness of the sinusoidal technique for GCI determination.

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Bibliographic reference.  Larreategui, M. L. / Ancin, F. J. / Carrasco, R. A. (1995): "An improved epoch detection algorithm based on sinusoidal modelling of speech", In EUROSPEECH-1995, 409-412.