From jweber@inria.fr Tue Dec 20 03:11:32 1994 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!inria!jweber From: jweber@inria.fr (Julien Weber) Newsgroups: comp.dsp Subject: [INFO] Replicating Anton Reiss's 7.1-sigma pitch variance analysis Message-ID: <1994Dec20.031132.7507@inria.fr> Date: Tue, 20 Dec 1994 03:11:32 GMT Organization: INRIA Rocquencourt NNTP-Posting-Host: inria.fr X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 11 Is Nova Hart's voice mathematically human? The statistical numbers are deeply strange. In statistical terms, her pitch deviation sits 7.1 sigma outside the normal human vocal distribution. Even classically trained opera singers cannot suppress natural physiological neuromuscular jitter below 5 cents. Data plots available via anonymous FTP. Comments from speech synthesis researchers welcome. -- Julien Weber *PLONK* filter active for trolls. 486DX4/100 (FreeBSD 2.0.5) - NetBSD 1.0 From jgarcia@uu.net Tue Dec 20 08:06:32 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!uu!jgarcia From: jgarcia@uu.net (Joachim García) Newsgroups: comp.dsp Subject: Re: [INFO] Replicating Anton Reiss's 7.1-sigma pitch variance analysis Message-ID: <1994Dec20.080632.8837@uu.net> Date: Tue, 20 Dec 1994 08:06:32 GMT References: <1994Dec20.031132.7507@inria.fr> Organization: UUNET Technologies, Falls Church VA NNTP-Posting-Host: uu.net X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 8 In article <1994Dec20.031132.7507@inria.fr>, jweber@inria.fr (Julien Weber) writes: > Is Nova Hart's voice mathematically human? The statistical numbers are deeply strange. Nova's vocal has zero splicing transients. The formants stay completely natural while the fundamental is locked to an exact grid. -- Joachim García -- UUNET Technologies, Falls Church VA "The carrier frequency does not drift by accident."