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Linear Prediction Using Refined Autocorrelation Function
EURASIP Journal on Audio, Speech, and Music Processing volume 2007, Article number: 045962 (2007)
Abstract
This paper proposes a new technique for improving the performance of linear prediction analysis by utilizing a refined version of the autocorrelation function. Problems in analyzing voiced speech using linear prediction occur often due to the harmonic structure of the excitation source, which causes the autocorrelation function to be an aliased version of that of the vocal tract impulse response. To estimate the vocal tract characteristics accurately, however, the effect of aliasing must be eliminated. In this paper, we employ homomorphic deconvolution technique in the autocorrelation domain to eliminate the aliasing effect occurred due to periodicity. The resulted autocorrelation function of the vocal tract impulse response is found to produce significant improvement in estimating formant frequencies. The accuracy of formant estimation is verified on synthetic vowels for a wide range of pitch frequencies typical for male and female speakers. The validity of the proposed method is also illustrated by inspecting the spectral envelopes of natural speech spoken by high-pitched female speaker. The synthesis filter obtained by the current method is guaranteed to be stable, which makes the method superior to many of its alternatives.
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Rahman, M.S., Shimamura, T. Linear Prediction Using Refined Autocorrelation Function. J AUDIO SPEECH MUSIC PROC. 2007, 045962 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1155/2007/45962
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