Further, each of the channels in the embodiment of 
The segmented frames are then processed by performing 1066 Fast Fourier Transform on each frame. Then, the speech source 318 detects 1068 a predetermined number of dominant frequencies with highest peak amplitudes in the result of the FFT. Spectral estimation techniques other than FFT may be applied to the speech source 318 to generate a frequency domain spectrum. The speech source 318 sends 1070 dominant frequency information and the frame information as the speech signals to the signal generator 800.
The signal generator 800 receives 1072 the dominant frequency information and the frame information from the speech source 318. Then the signal generator 800 pre-processes 1074 the dominant frequency information and the frame information by adjusting the length, sequence or overlapping of the frames.