NDLI: A speech feature based on Bark frequency warping-the non-uniform linear prediction (NLP) cepstrum

Content Provider	IEEE Xplore Digital Library
Author	Yoon Kim Smith III, J.O.
Copyright Year	1999
Description	Author affiliation: CCRMA, Stanford Univ., CA, USA (Yoon Kim)
Abstract	We propose a new method of obtaining features from speech signals for robust analysis and recognition-the non-uniform linear prediction (NLP) cepstrum. The objective is to derive a representation that suppresses speaker-dependent characteristics while preserving the linguistic quality of speech segments. The analysis is based on two principles. First, Bark frequency warping is performed on the LP spectrum to emulate the auditory spectrum. While widely used methods such as the mel-frequency and PLP analysis use the FFT spectrum as its basis for warping, the NLP analysis uses the LP-based vocal-tract spectrum with glottal effects removed. Second, all-pole modeling (LP) is used before and after the warping. The pre-warp LP is used to first obtain the vocal-tract spectrum, while the post-warp LP is performed to obtain a smoothed, two-peak model of the warped spectrum. Experiments were conducted to test the effectiveness of the proposed feature in the case of identification/discrimination of vowels uttered by multiple speakers using linear discriminant analysis (LDA), and frame-based vowel recognition with a statistical model. In both cases, the NLP analysis was shown to be an effective tool for speaker-independent speech analysis/recognition applications.
Starting Page	131
Ending Page	134
File Size	332474
Page Count	4
File Format	PDF
ISBN	0780356128
DOI	10.1109/ASPAA.1999.810867
Language	English
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Publisher Date	1999-10-20
Publisher Place	USA
Access Restriction	Subscribed
Rights Holder	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Subject Keyword	Frequency Cepstrum Speech analysis Speech recognition Humans Linear discriminant analysis Auditory system Power harmonic filters Interpolation Ear
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article

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