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Voice activity detection using a periodicity measure
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EngineeringLeast-squares Periodicity EstimatorMissed SpeechSpeech RecognitionPeriodicity MeasureSpeech CodingNoiseRobust Speech RecognitionVoice RecognitionHealth SciencesComputer ScienceDistant Speech RecognitionSignal ProcessingSpeech CommunicationSpeech TechnologyVoiceSpeech ProcessingVoice Activity DetectorSpeech PerceptionSpeaker Recognition
The paper describes a voice activity detector (VAD) that can operate reliably in SNRs down to 0 dB and detect most speech at −5 dB. The detector applies a least-squares periodicity estimator to the input signal, and triggers when a significant amount of periodicity is found. It does not aim to find the exact talkspurt boundaries and, consequently, is most suited to speech-logging applications where it is easy to include a small margin to allow for any missed speech. The paper discusses the problem of false triggering on nonspeech periodic signals and shows how robustness to these signals can be achieved with suitable preprocessing and postprocessing.