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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 06, 2012
Filed:
Oct. 04, 2007
Applicants:
Jani Nurminen, Lempäälä, FI;
Elina Helander, Tampere, FI;
Inventors:
Jani Nurminen, Lempäälä, FI;
Elina Helander, Tampere, FI;
Assignee:
Nokia Corporation, Espoo, FI;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G10L 13/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An apparatus for providing improved voice conversion includes a sub-feature generator and a transformation element. The sub-feature generator may be configured to define sub-feature units with respect to a feature of source speech. The transformation element may be configured to perform voice conversion of the source speech to target speech based on the conversion of the sub-feature units to corresponding target speech sub-feature units using a conversion model trained with respect to converting training source speech sub-feature units to training target speech sub-feature units.