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Controlling a weighting filter based on the spectral content of a speech signal

TLDR
In this article, the spectral content of an input speech signal is determined based on a defined spectral characteristic (e.g., a defined characteristic slope), and a frequency specific filter component of a weighting filter is controlled based on the determination of the spectral contents of speech signal or/and its location in the encoder.
Abstract
A method for preparing a speech signal for encoding comprises determining whether the spectral content of an input speech signal is representative of a defined spectral characteristic (e.g., a defined characteristic slope). A frequency specific filter component of a weighting filter is controlled based on the determination of the spectral content of speech signal or/and its location in the encoder. A core weighting filter component of the weighting filter may be maintained regardless of the spectral content of the speech signal.

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Compensated mel frequency cepstrum coefficients

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Adapting noise masking level in analysis-by-synthesis employing perceptual weighting

TL;DR: In this paper, the spectral parameters serving in this adaptation may in particular comprise parameters representative of the overall slope of the spectrum of the speech signal, and parameters representing the resonant character of the short-term synthesis filter.