Reconstruction of Phonated Speech from Whispers Using Formant-Derived Plausible Pitch Modulation
Ian V. McLoughlin, Hamid Reza Sharifzadeh, Su Lim Tan, Jingjie Li, Yan Song · 2015 · ACM Transactions on Accessible Computing
This paper addresses a fundamental communication barrier for people who can only whisper due to voice impairments. While whispering is an occasional choice for most people, it is the primary—sometimes only—communication method for partial laryngectomees, those on prescribed…
speech technology · voice reconstruction · laryngectomy · voice disorders · whisper-to-speech