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One of the most important processes in speech processing is gender classification. Generally gender classification is done by considering pitch as feature. In general the pitch value of female is higher than the male. In some cases, pitch value of male is higher and female is low, in that cases this classification will not obtain the exact result. By considering this drawback here proposed a gender classification method which considers three features and uses fuzzy logic and neural network to identify the given speech signal belongs to which gender. For training fuzzy logic and neural network, training dataset is generated by considering the above three features. After completion of training, a speech signal is given as input, fuzzy and neural network gives an output, for that output mean value is taken and this value gives the speech signal belongs to which gender. The result shows the performance of our method in gender classification.
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Gomathy, M., Meena, K. & Subramaniam, K.R. Classification of speech signal based on gender: a hybrid approach using neuro-fuzzy systems. Int J Speech Technol 14, 377–391 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10772-011-9118-0
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