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Paper:MLSP-P3.4
Session:Speech and Audio Processing
Time:Wednesday, May 19, 15:30 - 17:30
Presentation: Poster
Topic: Machine Learning for Signal Processing: Speech and Audio Processing Applications
Title: NEW OUTPUT-BASED PERCEPTUAL MEASURE FOR PREDICTING SUBJECTIVE QUALITY OF SPEECH
Authors: Dorel Picovici; University of Limerick 
 Abdulhussain Mahdi; University of Limerick 
Abstract: This paper proposes a new output-based system for prediction of the subjective quality of speech signals, and evaluates its performance. The system is based on computing objective distance measures, such as the median minimum distance, between perceptually-based parameter vectors representing the voiced parts of the speech signal to appropriately matching reference vectors extracted from a pre-formulated codebook. The distance measures are then mapped into equivalent Mean Opinion scores (MOS) using regression. The codebook of the system is formed by optimally clustering large number of speech parameter vectors extracted from undistorted source speech database. The required clustering and matching processes are achieved by using an efficient data mining technique known as the Self-Organising Map. The perceptual-based speech parameters are derived from Perceptual Linear Prediction (PLP) coefficients and Bark Spectrum coefficients. Reported evaluation results show that the proposed system is robust against speaker, utterance and distortion variation.
 
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