Predictive coding of speech signals and subjective error criteria
- 1 June 1979
- journal article
- Published by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) in IEEE Transactions on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing
- Vol. 27 (3) , 247-254
- https://doi.org/10.1109/tassp.1979.1163237
Abstract
Predictive coding methods attempt to minimize the rms error in the coded signal. However, the human ear does not perceive signal distortion on the basis of rms error, regardless of its spectral shape relative to the signal spectrum. In designing a coder for speech signals, it is necessary to consider the spectrum of the quantization noise and its relation to the speech spectrum. The theory of auditory masking suggests that noise in the formant regions would be partially or totally masked by the speech signal. Thus, a large part of the perceived noise in a coder comes from frequency regions where the signal level is low. In this paper, methods for reducing the subjective distortion in predictive coders for speech signals are described and evaluated. Improved speech quality is obtained: 1) by efficient removal of formant and pitch-related redundant structure of speech before quantizing, and 2) by effective masking of the quantizer noise by the speech signal.Keywords
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