Questions tagged [mfcc]
Related to the calculation, verification, usage, and requirements for Mel Frequency Cepstral Coefficients.
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Is this a correct interpretation of the DCT step in MFCC calculation?
This is a continuation of the discussion here. I would comment there, but I don't have 50 rep so I'm asking a new question.
Here's how I understand the DCT step in the MFCC calculation process: The ...
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Help calculating / understanding the MFCCs: Mel-Frequency Cepstrum Coefficients
I've been reading bits and pieces online but I just can't piece it all together. I have some background knowledge of signals / DSP stuff which should be enough prerequisites for this. I'm interested ...
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How do I interpret the DCT step in the MFCC extraction process?
In most audio processing tasks, one of the most used transformations is MFCC (Mel-frequency cepstral coefficients).
I mostly know the math that's behind the MFCC: I understand both the filterbank ...
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What's the correct graphical interpretation of a series of MFCC vectors?
I'm studying speech-recognition, in particular the use of MFCC for feature extraction. All examples I've found online tend to graph a series of MFCC extracted from a particular utterance as follows (...
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Speech recognition using MFCC and DTW(Dynamic Time Warping)?
I know basics about DSP, and now trying to complete a project on Speech recognition. So I read as many resources as I found, and got some ideas. They are like:
take a sample sound and break it into ...
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Feature extraction for sound classification
I'm trying to extract features from a sound file and classify the sound as belonging to a particular category (eg : dog bark, vehicle engine e.t.c). I'd like some clarity on the following things :
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Cepstral Mean Normalization
Can anyone please explain about Cepstral Mean Normalization, how the equivalence property of convolution affect this? Is it must to do CMN in MFCC Based Speaker Recognition? Why the property of ...
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Speech comparison algorithm for rating on similarities
I am trying to compare 2 speech samples and rate them on similarities. Think of someone trying to repeat a phrase, and then comparing those 2 audio files.
I started by implementing the MFCC (http://...
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Sinusoidal liftering in implementations of MFCC
Some implementations of MFCC apply sinusoidal liftering as the final step in calculations of MFCC. It is claimed that speech recognition can be significantly improved. For instance, if $\text{MFCC}_i$ ...
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what is the mel scale?
I am not sure I understand what the Mel Scale is.
Googling doesn't give me various answers. I seem to be getting the same response again and again.
Which would be something like:
"The mel scale ...
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MFCC feature extraction
I have a block of audio and I have performed an FFT on it. Now what I want to do is convert this FFT into a set of MFCCs, however while I know I need to do something with weighting the FFT samples ...
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Using MFCC to an ANN Speech Recognition System
I'm developing an Artificial Neural Network based Speech Recognition System using MFCCs.
Suppose I have 260 input nodes in the ANN, and this number of nodes corresponds to the number of MFCCs that I ...
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Using k Nearest Neighbour & Dynamic Time Warping for keyword spotting
As stated in the title, I am currently researching a method using k-NN, specifically, as either an alternative or as a supplement to the DTW algorithm in keyword spotting based on MFCC. I have read ...
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Two voice pronunciation comparison similarity MFCC + DTW
Calculate each MFCC to compare wave file A and wave file B, and then use FastDTW to measure the distance after two sets of MFCCs.
We compared the four wave files and obtained the Euclidean distance ...
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Using DTW on the MFCC's to match a spoken word to a template
I am trying to code a simple algorithm in MATLAB that would be used to detect a single word. The goal would be to have a user record the word one time to act as a template, then make the user repeat ...
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Acoustic features distinguishing the male and female voice?
I would like to use MFCC analysis to distinguish between a male voice and a female voice.
Are there any particular quantifiable characteristics consistent with, and exclusive to, either gender? (E.g....
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Using MFCC in spoken words recognition
We're trying to implement a "simple" speech recognition application in MATLAB (isolated words from a very limited dictionary). We've been trying the following methods:
Extract MFCC coefficients for ...
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Hidden Markov Models - Distinct Observation Symbols
I really, really hope someone can help me with regards to this question.
I'm trying to implement a Hidden Markov Model (based off this paper: Here
I understand the processes, but, I do not ...
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Why are MFCCs of two equivalent signals completely different?
I have an audio file, of which I calculate 16 (actually 15 because I omit the first one) MFCCs in R. When I stream this file via VLC-Player and Icecast2-Server, receive it in Java (with the Player of ...
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Given MFCC values for some wavās, how can I easily tell if all speakers are the same?
Context: for a research project I have at regular times a batch of wav files with recordings of voice. The hypothesis is that all speakers in a batch are the same, but there might be 1 or a few ā...
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What does mean when we say mel scale reflects how humans hear musical tone [duplicate]
According to the standard mel frequency conversion formula, the mel frequency corresponding to 10000 Hz is 3073.22.
Does it mean human ears perceive 10000 Hz frequency of any sound as 3073.22 Hz?
