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Název Statistical Analysis of Spectral Properties and Prosodic Parameters of Emotional Speech
Autor Přibil, J., Přibilová, A.
Typ publikace Článek v časopise, odborném periodiku
Periodikum Measurement Science Review
Nakladatel Journal of the Institute of Measurement Science SAS (on-line edition)/ Versita - Central European Science Publisher
Svazek 9
Číslo 4
Sekce 2: Measurement in Biomedicine
Strana 95-104
Rok 2009
ISSN 1335-8871 (elektronická verze)

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The paper addresses reflection of microintonation and spectral properties in male and female acted emotional speech. Microintonation component of
speech melody is analyzed regarding its spectral and statistical parameters. According to psychological research of emotional speech, different emotions are
accompanied by different spectral noise. We control its amount by spectral flatness according to which the high frequency noise is mixed in voiced frames
during cepstral speech synthesis. Our experiments are aimed at statistical analysis of cepstral coefficient values and ranges of spectral flatness in three emotions
(joy, sadness, anger), and a neutral state for comparison. Calculated histograms of spectral flatness distribution are visually compared and modelled by Gamma
probability distribution. Histograms of cepstral coefficient distribution are evaluated and compared using skewness and kurtosis. Achieved statistical results
show good correlation comparing male and female voices for all emotional states portrayed by several Czech and Slovak professional actors.