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

A Pitch Extraction Reference Database

F. Plante (1), Georg F. Meyer (2), William A. Ainsworth (1,2)

(1) Dept of Communication and Neuroscience, Keele University, Keele, Staffs., UK
(2) Dept of Computer Science, Keele University, Keele, Staffs., UK

Many pitch extraction algorithms have been proposed in the past. The comparison of these algorithms is difficult because each study tends to be carried out on a unique data set. The purpose of this project is to develop a database for the comparison of these algorithms. This database is based on a core speech module and several additonal modules. The core module contains speech and laryngograph data for 15 speakers reading a phonetically balanced text. A voiced/unvoiced reference file is provided with the speech data. Currently a psychophysics module is available to test the performance of pitch extraction stages on commonly used pitch perception stimuli.

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Bibliographic reference.  Plante, F. / Meyer, Georg F. / Ainsworth, William A. (1995): "A pitch extraction reference database", In EUROSPEECH-1995, 837-840.