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Towards cross-language prosody transfer for dialog
Jonathan E. Avila, Nigel G. Ward
Speech-to-speech translation systems today do not adequately support use for dialog purposes. In particular, nuances of speaker intent and stance can be lost due to improper prosod…
Dialogs Re-enacted Across Languages
Nigel G. Ward, Jonathan E. Avila, Emilia Rivas +1
To support machine learning of cross-language prosodic mappings and other ways to improve speech-to-speech translation, we present a protocol for collecting closely matched pairs o…
On the Utility of Self-supervised Models for Prosody-related Tasks
Guan-Ting Lin, Chi-Luen Feng, Wei-Ping Huang +5
Self-Supervised Learning (SSL) from speech data has produced models that have achieved remarkable performance in many tasks, and that are known to implicitly represent many aspects…
Spoken Language Interaction with Robots: Research Issues and Recommendations, Report from the NSF Future Directions Workshop
Matthew Marge, Carol Espy-Wilson, Nigel Ward
With robotics rapidly advancing, more effective human-robot interaction is increasingly needed to realize the full potential of robots for society. While spoken language must be pa…