Abstract
Speech coding at very low bitrate is useful for purposes such as voice communication over computer networks. However, speech coding at around 2.0 kbit/s is difficult for CELP coders while maintaining a high quality. In this paper, a speech coding model called `normalized pitch waveform' and its quantization scheme are presented, aiming for effective compression coding of the `voiced' speech. Listening tests has proven that an efficient and high quality coding has been achieved at bitrate 2.0 kbit/s, less than half of the FS1016. Furthermore, this paper discusses the disadvantage of the normalized pitch waveform and presents an alternative method of using non-normalized pitch waveform. Encoding of a transitional `mixed' state between the `voiced' and the `unvoiced' state is discussed for further improvements.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 1583-1586 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Journal | ICASSP, IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing - Proceedings |
| Volume | 2 |
| Publication status | Published - 1997 Jan 1 |
| Event | Proceedings of the 1997 IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing, ICASSP. Part 1 (of 5) - Munich, Ger Duration: 1997 Apr 21 → 1997 Apr 24 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Software
- Signal Processing
- Electrical and Electronic Engineering