Improving Pronunciation Clarity of Dysarthric Speech Using CycleGAN with Multiple Speakers

Shuhei Imai, Takashi Nose, Aoi Kanagaki, Satoshi Watanabe, Akinori Ito · 2020

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.

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