Improving Pronunciation Clarity of Dysarthric Speech Using CycleGAN with Multiple Speakers

Shuhei Imai; Takashi Nose; Aoi Kanagaki; Satoshi Watanabe; Akinori Ito

doi:10.1109/GCCE50665.2020.9292041

Improving Pronunciation Clarity of Dysarthric Speech Using CycleGAN with Multiple Speakers

Shuhei Imai, Takashi Nose, Aoi Kanagaki, Satoshi Watanabe, Akinori Ito

ENG - Communications Engineering

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

Abstract

In this paper, we propose a method that improves pronunciation clarity of dysarthric speech using CycleGAN based non-parallel voice conversion. This method converts dysarthric speech into healthy speech using CycleGAN. We considered the use of single and multiple speakers as healthy speech. The subjective evaluations showed the effectiveness of using multiple speakers as healthy speech.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	2020 IEEE 9th Global Conference on Consumer Electronics, GCCE 2020
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages	366-367
Number of pages	2
ISBN (Electronic)	9781728198026
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/GCCE50665.2020.9292041
Publication status	Published - 2020 Oct 13
Event	9th IEEE Global Conference on Consumer Electronics, GCCE 2020 - Kobe, Japan Duration: 2020 Oct 13 → 2020 Oct 16

Publication series

Name	2020 IEEE 9th Global Conference on Consumer Electronics, GCCE 2020

Conference

Conference	9th IEEE Global Conference on Consumer Electronics, GCCE 2020
Country	Japan
City	Kobe
Period	20/10/13 → 20/10/16

Keywords

CycleGAN
Dysarthria
Pronunciation clarity
Voice conversion

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Signal Processing
Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Media Technology
Instrumentation
Computer Networks and Communications
Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition

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Imai, S., Nose, T., Kanagaki, A., Watanabe, S., & Ito, A. (2020). Improving Pronunciation Clarity of Dysarthric Speech Using CycleGAN with Multiple Speakers. In 2020 IEEE 9th Global Conference on Consumer Electronics, GCCE 2020 (pp. 366-367). [9292041] (2020 IEEE 9th Global Conference on Consumer Electronics, GCCE 2020). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.. https://doi.org/10.1109/GCCE50665.2020.9292041

Improving Pronunciation Clarity of Dysarthric Speech Using CycleGAN with Multiple Speakers. / Imai, Shuhei; Nose, Takashi; Kanagaki, Aoi; Watanabe, Satoshi; Ito, Akinori.

2020 IEEE 9th Global Conference on Consumer Electronics, GCCE 2020. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2020. p. 366-367 9292041 (2020 IEEE 9th Global Conference on Consumer Electronics, GCCE 2020).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

Imai, S, Nose, T, Kanagaki, A, Watanabe, S & Ito, A 2020, Improving Pronunciation Clarity of Dysarthric Speech Using CycleGAN with Multiple Speakers. in 2020 IEEE 9th Global Conference on Consumer Electronics, GCCE 2020., 9292041, 2020 IEEE 9th Global Conference on Consumer Electronics, GCCE 2020, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., pp. 366-367, 9th IEEE Global Conference on Consumer Electronics, GCCE 2020, Kobe, Japan, 20/10/13. https://doi.org/10.1109/GCCE50665.2020.9292041

Imai S, Nose T, Kanagaki A, Watanabe S, Ito A. Improving Pronunciation Clarity of Dysarthric Speech Using CycleGAN with Multiple Speakers. In 2020 IEEE 9th Global Conference on Consumer Electronics, GCCE 2020. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. 2020. p. 366-367. 9292041. (2020 IEEE 9th Global Conference on Consumer Electronics, GCCE 2020). https://doi.org/10.1109/GCCE50665.2020.9292041

Imai, Shuhei ; Nose, Takashi ; Kanagaki, Aoi ; Watanabe, Satoshi ; Ito, Akinori. / Improving Pronunciation Clarity of Dysarthric Speech Using CycleGAN with Multiple Speakers. 2020 IEEE 9th Global Conference on Consumer Electronics, GCCE 2020. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2020. pp. 366-367 (2020 IEEE 9th Global Conference on Consumer Electronics, GCCE 2020).

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