Masanobu Abe

Publication Activity (10 Years)

Years Active: 1988-2023
Publications (10 Years): 32

Top Topics

Speech Synthesis

Top Venues

Publications

Matsuri Iwasaki, Sunao Hara, Masanobu Abe
Speech Synthesis Using Ambiguous Inputs From Wearable Keyboards. APSIPA ASC (2023)
Shunichi Kohara, Masanobu Abe, Sunao Hara
Speech-Emotion Control for Text-to-Speech in Spoken Dialogue Systems Using Voice Conversion and x-vector Embedding. APSIPA ASC (2023)
Ibnu Daqiqil Id, Masanobu Abe, Sunao Hara
Incremental acoustic scene classification using rehearsal-based strategy. GCCE (2022)
Yusuke Ono, Sunao Hara, Masanobu Abe
Prediction method of Soundscape Impressions using Environmental Sounds and Aerial Photographs. CoRR (2022)
Kento Matsumoto, Sunao Hara, Masanobu Abe
Speech-Like Emotional Sound Generation Using WaveNet. IEICE Trans. Inf. Syst. (9) (2022)
Ibnu Daqiqil Id, Masanobu Abe, Sunao Hara
Concept drift adaptation for audio scene classification using high-level features. ICCE (2022)
Katsuki Inoue, Sunao Hara, Masanobu Abe, Nobukatsu Hojo, Yusuke Ijima
Model architectures to extrapolate emotional expressions in DNN-based text-to-speech. Speech Commun. 126 (2021)
Naoto Kakegawa, Sunao Hara, Masanobu Abe, Yusuke Ijima
Phonetic and Prosodic Information Estimation from Texts for Genuine Japanese End-to-End Text-to-Speech. Interspeech (2021)
Ibnu Daqiqil Id, Masanobu Abe, Sunao Hara
Evaluation of concept drift adaptation for acoustic scene classifier based on Kernel Density Drift Detection and Combine Merge Gaussian Mixture Model. CoRR (2021)
Ibnu Daqiqil Id, Masanobu Abe, Sunao Hara
Concept Drift Adaptation for Acoustic Scene Classifier Based on Gaussian Mixture Model. TENCON (2020)
Kento Matsumoto, Sunao Hara, Masanobu Abe
Controlling the Strength of Emotions in Speech-Like Emotional Sound Generated by WaveNet. INTERSPEECH (2020)
Katsuki Inoue, Sunao Hara, Masanobu Abe, Tomoki Hayashi, Ryuichi Yamamoto, Shinji Watanabe
Semi-Supervised Speaker Adaptation for End-to-End Speech Synthesis with Pretrained Models. ICASSP (2020)
Katsuki Inoue, Sunao Hara, Masanobu Abe
Module Comparison Of Transformer-Tts For Speaker Adaptation Based On Fine-Tuning. APSIPA (2020)
Kento Matsumoto, Sunao Hara, Masanobu Abe
Speech-like Emotional Sound Generator by WaveNet. APSIPA (2019)
Hiroki Murakami, Sunao Hara, Masanobu Abe
DNN-based Voice Conversion with Auxiliary Phonemic Information to Improve Intelligibility of Glossectomy Patients' Speech. APSIPA (2019)
Hiroki Murakami, Sunao Hara, Masanobu Abe, Masaaki Sato, Shogo Minagi
Naturalness Improvement Algorithm for Reconstructed Glossectomy Patient's Speech Using Spectral Differential Modification in Voice Conversion. INTERSPEECH (2018)
Katsuki Inoue, Sunao Hara, Masanobu Abe, Nobukatsu Hojo, Yusuke Ijima
An investigation to transplant emotional expressions in DNN-based TTS synthesis. APSIPA (2017)
Shigeki Kamada, Yuji Matsuo, Sunao Hara, Masanobu Abe
New monitoring scheme for persons with dementia through monitoring-area adaptation according to stage of disease. LocalRec@SIGSPATIAL (2017)
Shota Kobayashi, Masanobu Abe, Sunao Hara
Prediction of subjective assessments for a noise map using deep neural networks. UbiComp/ISWC Adjunct (2017)
Sunao Hara, Asako Hatakeyama, Shota Kobayashi, Masanobu Abe
Sound sensing using smartphones as a crowdsourcing approach. APSIPA (2017)
Kei Tanaka, Sunao Hara, Masanobu Abe, Masaaki Sato, Shogo Minagi
Speaker Dependent Approach for Enhancing a Glossectomy Patient's Speech via GMM-Based Voice Conversion. INTERSPEECH (2017)
Sunao Hara, Shota Kobayashi, Masanobu Abe
Sound collection systems using a crowdsourcing approach to construct sound map based on subjective evaluation. ICME Workshops (2016)
Atsuya Namba, Sunao Hara, Masanobu Abe
LiBS: lifelog browsing system to support sharing of memories. UbiComp Adjunct (2016)
Shigeki Kamada, Masanobu Abe, Sunao Hara
Safety vs. privacy: user preferences from the monitored and monitoring sides of a monitoring system. UbiComp Adjunct (2016)
Kei Tanaka, Sunao Hara, Masanobu Abe, Shogo Minagi
Enhancing a glossectomy patient's speech via GMM-based voice conversion. APSIPA (2016)
Manh Duong Phung, Quang Vinh Tran, Kenji Hara, Hirohito Inagaki, Masanobu Abe
Easy-setup eye movement recording system for human-computer interaction. CoRR (2016)
Sunao Hara, Masanobu Abe, Noboru Sonehara
Sound collection and visualization system enabled participatory and opportunistic sensing approaches. PerCom Workshops (2015)
Akinori Kasai, Sunao Hara, Masanobu Abe
Extraction of Key Segments from Day-Long Sound Data. HCI (27) (2015)
Masaki Yamaoka, Sunao Hara, Masanobu Abe
A spoken dialog system with redundant response to prevent user misunderstanding. APSIPA (2015)
Masanobu Abe, Akihiko Hirayama, Sunao Hara
Extracting daily patterns of human activity using non-negative matrix factorization. ICCE (2015)
Yuji Matsuo, Sunao Hara, Masanobu Abe
Algorithm to Estimate a Living Area Based on Connectivity of Places with Home. HCI (28) (2015)
Tadashi Inai, Sunao Hara, Masanobu Abe, Yusuke Ijima, Noboru Miyazaki, Hideyuki Mizuno
Sub-band text-to-speech combining sample-based spectrum with statistically generated spectrum. INTERSPEECH (2015)
Takuma Inoue, Sunao Hara, Masanobu Abe
A hybrid text-to-speech based on sub-band approach. APSIPA (2014)
Masanobu Abe, Daisuke Fujioka, Kazuto Hamano, Sunao Hara, Rika Mochizuki, Tomoki Watanabe
New approach to emotional information exchange: Experience metaphor based on life logs. PerCom Workshops (2014)
Masanobu Abe, Daisuke Fujioka, Hisashi Handa
A Life Log Collecting System Supported by Smartphone to Model Higher-Level Human Behaviors. CISIS (2012)
Shin'ichiro Eitoku, Manabu Motegi, Rika Mochizuki, Takashi Yagi, Shin-yo Muto, Masanobu Abe
"Life Portal": An Information Access Scheme Based on Life Logs. HCI (12) (2011)
Atsuhiko Maeda, Kenji Hara, Minoru Kobayashi, Masanobu Abe
"ClearPlate" for capturing printed information: a scanner and viewfinder in one optical unit. CHI (2011)
Masaaki Nishino, Yukihiro Nakamura, Takashi Yagi, Shin-yo Muto, Masanobu Abe
A location predictor based on dependencies between multiple lifelog data. GIS-LBSN (2010)
Ryosuke Aoki, Atsuhiko Maeda, Tomoki Watanabe, Minoru Kobayashi, Masanobu Abe
Twist&tap: text entry for TV remotes using easy-to-learn wrist motion and key operation. IEEE Trans. Consumer Electron. 56 (1) (2010)
Atsuhiko Maeda, Hirohito Inagaki, Masanobu Abe
Arrow tag: a direction-key-based technique for rapidly selecting hyperlinks while gazing at a screen. CHI (2009)
Kenji Hara, Atsuhiko Maeda, Hirohito Inagaki, Minoru Kobayashi, Masanobu Abe
Preferred color reproduction based on personal histogram transformation. IEEE Trans. Consumer Electron. 55 (2) (2009)
Masanobu Abe, Yuji Morinishi, Atsuhiko Maeda, Masakatsu Aoki, Hirohito Inagaki
A life log collector integrated with a remote-controller for enabling user centric services. IEEE Trans. Consumer Electron. 55 (1) (2009)
Manh Duong Phung, Quang Vinh Tran, Kenji Hara, Hirohito Inagaki, Masanobu Abe
Easy-setup eye movement recording system for human-computer interaction. RIVF (2008)
Hisako Asano, Masaaki Nagata, Masanobu Abe
Say-as classification for alphabetic words in Japanese texts. INTERSPEECH (2003)
Hideharu Nakajima, Masaaki Nagata, Hisako Asano, Masanobu Abe
Estimating Japanese word accent from syllable sequence using support vector machine. INTERSPEECH (2003)
Masanobu Abe, Osamu Mizuno, Tsubasa Shinozaki, Hideyuki Mizuno, Shin'ya Nakajima
A bilingual speech design tool: Sesign2001. SSW (2001)
Satoshi Takano, Kimihito Tanaka, Hideyuki Mizuno, Masanobu Abe, Shin'ya Nakajima
A Japanese TTS system based on multiform units and a speech modification algorithm with harmonics reconstruction. IEEE Trans. Speech Audio Process. 9 (1) (2001)
Tsubasa Shinozaki, Masanobu Abe
Development of CAI System Employing Synthesized Speech and CG Animated Agent. IEEE International Conference on Multimedia and Expo (II) (2000)
Masanobu Abe, Tsubasa Shinozaki
A New Communication Paradigm: Action-to-Speech. IEEE International Conference on Multimedia and Expo (I) (2000)
Mitsuaki Isogai, Kimihito Tanaka, Satoshi Takano, Hideyuki Mizuno, Masanobu Abe, Shin'ya Nakajima
A new Japanese TTS system based on speech-prosody database and speech modification. INTERSPEECH (2000)
Satoshi Takano, Masanobu Abe
A new F0 modification algorithm by manipulating harmonics of magnitude spectrum. EUROSPEECH (1999)
Masanobu Abe, Hideyuki Mizuno, Tsubasa Shinozaki
WebMessenger: a new framework to produce multimedia content by combining synthesized speech and moving pictures in the WWW environment. MMSP (1999)
Kimihito Tanaka, Hideyuki Mizuno, Masanobu Abe, Shin'ya Nakajima
A Japanese text-to-speech system based on multi-form units with consideration of frequency distribution in Japanese. EUROSPEECH (1999)
Hideyuki Mizuno, Masanobu Abe, Shin'ya Nakajima
Development of speech design tool "SESIGN99" to enhance synthesized speech. EUROSPEECH (1999)
Louis C. W. Pols, Jan P. H. van Santen, Masanobu Abe, Dan Kahn, Eric Keller
The use of large text corpora for evaluating text-to-speech systems. LREC (1998)
Tsubasa Shinozaki, Masanobu Abe
Development of CAI system employing synthesized speech responses. ICSLP (1998)
Jan P. H. van Santen, Louis C. W. Pols, Masanobu Abe, Dan Kahn, Eric Keller, Julie Vonwiller
Report on the Third ESCA TTS Workshop evaluation procedure. SSW (1998)
Masanobu Abe, Hideyuki Mizuno, Satoshi Takahashi, Shin'ya Nakajima
A new framework to provide high-controllability speech signal and the development of a workbench for it. EUROSPEECH (1997)
Kimihito Tanaka, Masanobu Abe
. ICASSP (1997)
Masanobu Abe
Speech morphing by gradually changing spectrum parameter and fundamental frequency. ICSLP (1996)
Masanobu Abe
Analysis of prosodic characteristics in speech advisories and their application to speech output. EUROSPEECH (1995)
Hideyuki Mizuno, Masanobu Abe
Voice conversion algorithm based on piecewise linear conversion rules of formant frequency and spectrum tilt. Speech Commun. 16 (2) (1995)
Hideyuki Mizuno, Masanobu Abe
Voice conversion based on piecewise linear conversion rules of formant frequency and spectrum tilt. ICASSP (1) (1994)
Masanobu Abe, Hideyuki Mizuno
Speaking style conversion by changing prosodic parameters and formant frequencies. ICSLP (1994)
Yuki Yoshida, Masanobu Abe
An algorithm to reconstruct wideband speech from narrowband speech based on codebook mapping. ICSLP (1994)
Masanobu Abe, Hideyuki Mizuno
A strategy for changing speaking styles in text-to-speech systems. SSW (1994)
Hideyuki Mizuno, Masanobu Abe, Tomohisa Hirokawa
Waveform-based speech synthesis approach with a formant frequency modification. ICASSP (2) (1993)
Masanobu Abe, Hirokazu Sato
Statistical analysis of the acoustic and prosodic characteristics of different speaking styles. EUROSPEECH (1993)
Masanobu Abe, Hirokazu Sato
units. ICASSP (1992)
Masanobu Abe
A segment-based approach to voice conversion. ICASSP (1991)
Masanobu Abe, Shin-Ichi Tamura, Hisao Kuwabara
A Speech Modification Method by Signal Reconstruction Using Short-Term Fourier Transform. Systems and Computers in Japan 21 (10) (1990)
Masanobu Abe, Kiyohiro Shikano, Hisao Kuwabara
Cross-language voice conversion. ICASSP (1990)
Masanobu Abe, Shigeki Sagayama
Statistical study on voice individuality conversion across different languages. ICSLP (1990)
Masanobu Abe, Shin-Ichi Tamura, Hisao Kuwabara
A new speech modification method by signal reconstruction. ICASSP (1989)
Masanobu Abe, Satoshi Nakamura, Kiyohiro Shikano, Hisao Kuwabara
Voice conversion through vector quantization. ICASSP (1988)