A vocoder-based speech synthesis system, named WORLD, was developed in an effort to
improve the sound quality of real-time applications using speech. Speech analysis …

Singing voice conversion (SVC) is one promising technique that can enrich the way of
human-computer interaction by en-dowing a computer the ability to produce high-fidelity and …

A fundamental frequency (F0) estimator named Harvest is described. The unique points of
Harvest are that it can obtain a reliable F0 contour and reduce the error that the voiced …

Voice-enabled interactions provide more human-like experiences in many popular IoT
systems. Cloud-based speech analysis services extract useful information from voice input …

Prosody modeling is an essential component in modern text-to-speech (TTS) frameworks.
By explicitly providing prosody features to the TTS model, the style of synthesized utterances …

As governments and corporations adopt deep learning systems to collect and analyze user-
generated audio data, concerns about security and privacy naturally emerge in areas such …

Pitch is a foundational aspect of our perception of audio signals. Pitch contours are
commonly used to analyze speech and music signals and as input features for many audio …

As a fundamental problem in speech processing, pitch tracking has been studied for
decades. While strong performance has been achieved on clean speech, pitch tracking in …

The prominent and early presence of dysphonia is considered a valuable marker for
differentiation of idiopathic Parkinson's disease and parkinsonian syndromes. Objective …

Choral singing is a widely practiced form of ensemble singing wherein a group of people
sing simultaneously in polyphonic harmony. The most commonly practiced setting for choir …