Dictionary-Learning-Based Post-Filter for HMM-Based Speech Synthesis

Narayanamurthy, Praneeth Kurpad and Seelamantula, Chandra Sekhar (2015) Dictionary-Learning-Based Post-Filter for HMM-Based Speech Synthesis. In: IEEE Region 10 Conference (TENCON), NOV 01-04, 2015, Macau, PEOPLES R CHINA.

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Abstract

Oversmoothing of speech parameter trajectories is one of the causes for quality degradation of HMM-based speech synthesis. Various methods have been proposed to overcome this effect, the most recent ones being global variance (GV) and modulation-spectrum-based post-filter (MSPF). However, there is still a significant quality gap between natural and synthesized speech. In this paper, we propose a two-fold post-filtering technique to alleviate to a certain extent the oversmoothing of spectral and excitation parameter trajectories of HMM-based speech synthesis. For the spectral parameters, we propose a sparse coding-based post-filter to match the trajectories of synthetic speech to that of natural speech, and for the excitation trajectory, we introduce a perceptually motivated post-filter. Experimental evaluations show quality improvement compared with existing methods.

Item Type:	Conference Proceedings
Series.:	TENCON IEEE Region 10 Conference Proceedings
Publisher:	IEEE
Additional Information:	Copy right for this article belongs to theIEEE, 345 E 47TH ST, NEW YORK, NY 10017 USA
Keywords:	Dictionary learning; HMM-based speech synthesis; over-smoothing; post-filter
Department/Centre:	Division of Electrical Sciences > Electrical Engineering
Date Deposited:	29 Feb 2016 07:06
Last Modified:	29 Feb 2016 07:06
URI:	http://eprints.iisc.ac.in/id/eprint/53336

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