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Presentation 2018-08-27 11:35
[Poster Presentation] An Experimental Study on Transforming the Emotion in Speech using GAN
Kenji Yasuda, Ryohei Orihara, Yuichi Sei, Yasuyuki Tahara, Akihiko Ohsuga (UEC) SP2018-26
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(in English) In domain transfer task deep learning has made it possible to generate more natural and highly accurate output. Especially with the advent of GAN(Generative Adversarial Network), learning of transfers between unspecified domains has become possible. Voice conversion is an example of domain transformation for speech. Voice conversion can be paraphrased as speaker domain transformation, where many studies have been done. However, few studies have focused on transformations other than speakers. When aiming at a more natural speech synthesis, it is necessary to study transformations other than speaker. Therefore, in this research, we use a model called CycleGAN to perform voice conversion on emotions. Especially, the acoustic feature to learn and convert combines fundamental frequency(F0) and Mel-Frequency Cepstrum Coefficients(MFCC). Also, the converter generated using training data, including multiple speakers. We selected "ANG(anger)", "HAP(happiness)", "SAD(sadness)" as conversion targets. As a result of evaluation experiments, the model performs well on conversion to "ANG" in female speakers.
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(in English) Deep Learning / Domain Transfer / Generative Adversarial Network / Voice Conversion / Speech Processing / / /  
Reference Info. IEICE Tech. Rep., vol. 118, no. 198, SP2018-26, pp. 19-22, Aug. 2018.
Paper # SP2018-26 
Date of Issue 2018-08-20 (SP) 
ISSN Online edition: ISSN 2432-6380
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Committee SP  
Conference Date 2018-08-27 - 2018-08-27 
Place (in Japanese) (See Japanese page) 
Place (in English) Kyoto Univ. 
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Conference Code 2018-08-SP 
Language Japanese 
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Title (in English) An Experimental Study on Transforming the Emotion in Speech using GAN 
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Keyword(1) Deep Learning  
Keyword(2) Domain Transfer  
Keyword(3) Generative Adversarial Network  
Keyword(4) Voice Conversion  
Keyword(5) Speech Processing  
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1st Author's Name Kenji Yasuda  
1st Author's Affiliation The University of Electro-Communications (UEC)
2nd Author's Name Ryohei Orihara  
2nd Author's Affiliation The University of Electro-Communications (UEC)
3rd Author's Name Yuichi Sei  
3rd Author's Affiliation The University of Electro-Communications (UEC)
4th Author's Name Yasuyuki Tahara  
4th Author's Affiliation The University of Electro-Communications (UEC)
5th Author's Name Akihiko Ohsuga  
5th Author's Affiliation The University of Electro-Communications (UEC)
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Date Time 2018-08-27 11:35:00 
Presentation Time 90 minutes 
Registration for SP 
Paper # SP2018-26 
Volume (vol) vol.118 
Number (no) no.198 
Page pp.19-22 
#Pages 4 
Date of Issue 2018-08-20 (SP) 

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