ISCA Archive Interspeech 2023
ISCA Archive Interspeech 2023

Frequency Patterns of Individual Speaker Characteristics at Higher and Lower Spectral Ranges

Zhao Zhang, Ju Zhang, Ziyu Zhu, Yujie Chi, Kiyoshi Honda, Jianguo Wei

Acoustic characteristics of speech exhibit variability across individuals, while preserving shared phonetic information to listeners. In this paper, the general time-frequency pattern of individual speaker characteristics is discussed based on our previous research. The main target here is set at speaker-specific acoustic effects of the vocal tract in both higher and lower frequency ranges. To address the under-explored phenomena, two experiments were conducted. Firstly, simulations based on the transmission line model are used to explore how resonances in higher frequencies vary with different hypopharyngeal-cavity shapes. Secondly, speech signals emitted from the mouth and nostrils are recorded separately to observe potential factors for spectral irregularity in lower frequencies. From our findings, a time-frequency model of individual speaker characteristics is proposed that provides insights into how individuality is manifested in speech spectral patterns.