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SpeakerBeam: A New Deep Learning Technology for Extracting Speech of a Target Speaker Based on the Speaker's Voice Characteristics

DELCROIX, M.; ŽMOLÍKOVÁ, K.; KINOSHITA, K.; ARAKI, S.; OGAWA, A.; NAKATANI, T. SpeakerBeam: A New Deep Learning Technology for Extracting Speech of a Target Speaker Based on the Speaker's Voice Characteristics. NTT Technical Review, 2018, vol. 16, no. 11, p. 19-24. ISSN: 1348-3447.
Czech title
SpeakerBeam: Nová technologie hlubokého učení pro extrakci řeči cílového mluvčího na základě jeho hlasových charakteristik
Type
journal article
Language
English
Authors
Delcroix Marc (FIT)
Žmolíková Kateřina, Ing., Ph.D. (FIT)
Kinoshita Keisuke (FIT)
ARAKI, S.
Ogawa Atsunori (FIT)
Nakatani Tomohiro (FIT)
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Keywords

deep learning, target speaker extraction, SpeakerBeam

Abstract

In a noisy environment such as a cocktail party, humans can focus on listening to a desired speaker, an ability known as selective hearing. Current approaches developed to realize computational selective hearing require knowing the position of the target speaker, which limits their practical usage. This article introduces SpeakerBeam, a deep learning based approach for computational selective hearing based on the characteristics of the target speakers voice. SpeakerBeam requires only a small amount of speech data from the target speaker to compute his/her voice characteristics. It can then extract the speech of that speaker regardless of his/her position or the number of speakers talking in the background.

Published
2018
Pages
19–24
Journal
NTT Technical Review, vol. 16, no. 11, ISSN 1348-3447
EID Scopus
2-s2.0-85057190849
BibTeX 
@article{BUT185149,
  author="DELCROIX, M. and ŽMOLÍKOVÁ, K. and KINOSHITA, K. and ARAKI, S. and OGAWA, A. and NAKATANI, T.",
  title="SpeakerBeam: A New Deep Learning Technology for Extracting Speech of a Target Speaker Based on the Speaker's Voice Characteristics",
  journal="NTT Technical Review",
  year="2018",
  volume="16",
  number="11",
  pages="19--24",
  issn="1348-3447",
  url="https://www.ntt-review.jp/archive/ntttechnical.php?contents=ntr201811all.pdf&mode=show_pdf"
}
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