Speech Emotion Recognition Using MFCC Features and LSTM-Based Deep Learning Model

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2604.25938v1
• Date: Thu, 16 Apr 2026 06:53:04 GMT
• Title: Speech Emotion Recognition Using MFCC Features and LSTM-Based Deep Learning Model
• Abstract summary: This study presents a speech emotion recognition system using Mel-Frequency Cepstral Coefficients (MFCCs) as features and a deep learning LSTM neural network.<n>A Support Vector Machine (SVM) with an RBF kernel served as a classical baseline, achieving 98% accuracy, against which the proposed LSTM model, achieving 99% accuracy, was validated.
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• Abstract: Speech Emotion Recognition (SER) is the use of machines to detect the emotional state of humans based on the speech, which is gaining importance in natural human-computer interaction. Speech is a very valuable source of information, as emotions modify the patterns of speech; pitch, energy and even timing. Nonetheless, SER is not an easy task because speakers are not constant, and situations vary when recording and the sound similarity between specific feelings. In this work, the author introduces a speech emotion recognition system relying on the Mel-Frequency Cepstral Coefficient and Long Short-Term Memory (LSTM) neural network, as a feature extraction method. The Toronto Emotional Speech Set (TESS) speech signal was pre-processed, and transformed into MFCC features to understand the important aspects in terms of time. The resultant features were then introduced to LSTM model, which is able to learn long term features of sequential audio data. The trained model was measured over several emotion classes occurring in the dataset. As seen in the results of experiments, the proposed MFCC-LSTM approach succeeds in capturing the patterns of emotions in speech and provides highly realistic classifications in all the chosen emotion classifications. This study presents a speech emotion recognition system using Mel-Frequency Cepstral Coefficients (MFCCs) as features and a deep learning LSTM classifier. A Support Vector Machine (SVM) with an RBF kernel served as a classical baseline, achieving 98% accuracy, against which the proposed LSTM model, achieving 99% accuracy, was validated. Overall, it is possible to confirm that LSTM-based architectures can be used to address the task of speech emotion recognition. Actual applications of the proposed system may be virtual assistants and mental health surveillance.

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