Recognition of fear from speech using adaptive algorithm with MLP classifier

Clarity and intelligibility in speech signal demands removal of noise and interference associated with the signal at the source. This poses further challenge when the speech signal is colored with human emotions. In this work, the authors have taken a novel step to enhance the emotional speech signal adaptively before classification. Most popular adaptive algorithm such as Least mean square (LMS), Normalized least mean squares (NLMS) and Recursive least square (RLS) has been put to test to obtain enhanced speech emotions. Neural network based Multilayer perceptron (MLP) classifier is used to recognize fear speech emotion as against neutral voices using effective Linear Prediction coefficients (LPCs). The accuracy has improved to approximately 77% with enhanced signal. The increased accuracy of this signal has been witnessed with RLS algorithm as against the noisy signal with corresponding algorithm.