Computational paralinguistics challenges and Estonian voice likability Cover Image

Arvutiparalingvistika väljakutsed ja eesti hääle meeldivus
Computational paralinguistics challenges and Estonian voice likability

Author(s): Hille Pajupuu, Jaan Pajupuu, Rene Altrov
Subject(s): Customs / Folklore, Theoretical Linguistics, Applied Linguistics, Computational linguistics, Cultural Anthropology / Ethnology, Culture and social structure
Published by: Eesti Kirjandusmuuseum
Keywords: computational paralinguistics; eGeMAPS; speech acoustics; speech corpora; voice likability;

Summary/Abstract: This article looks into tendencies of the last decade in computational paralinguistics: ascertaining of speaker traits and states in voice, and the requirements set for the related speech corpora. It introduces the Estonian voice corpus and the ability to acoustically characterize voice likability and identify it automatically, using the expanded Geneva Minimalistic Acoustic Parameter Set (eGeMAPS) for voice research and affective computing.

  • Issue Year: 2017
  • Issue No: 68
  • Page Range: 195-210
  • Page Count: 16
  • Language: Estonian