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Statistical Language Aspects of Intonation and Gender Features Based on the Lithuanian Language

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The article deals with one of modern speech technology trends – defining of language aspects applicable in various tasks. It is proposed a method that is based on typical statistical performance for pitch pattern of chosen language. Obtained typical ranges of parameter variation are compared for languages of different language families: Lithuanian on one side and Uzbek and Azerbaijani on the other side. It is also presented a gender analysis of intonation patterns for Lithuanian speech.

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  1. Speech Technology Center, Krasutskogo st., 4, 196084, St. Petersburg, Russia

    Michael Khitrov, Ludmila Beldiman & Andrey Vasiliev

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  1. Faculty of Applied Sciences, Department of Cybernetics, University of West Bohemia, Univerzitní 8, 306 14, Plzeň, Czech Republic

    Miloš Železný

  2. University of West Bohemia, 306 14, Pilsen, Czech Republic

    Ivan Habernal

  3. Speech and Multimodal Interfaces Laboratory, St. Petersburg Institute of Informatics and Automation for the Russian Academy of Sciences, 14-th line, 39, 199178, St. Petersburg, Russia

    Andrey Ronzhin

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Khitrov, M., Beldiman, L., Vasiliev, A. (2013). Statistical Language Aspects of Intonation and Gender Features Based on the Lithuanian Language. In: Železný, M., Habernal, I., Ronzhin, A. (eds) Speech and Computer. SPECOM 2013. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 8113. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-01931-4_43

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