9 papers
Speaker Role and Language Diarization for Analyzing Multilingual Interviews for Language Proficiency of Older Adults
Anfeng Xu, Tiantian Feng, Kevin Huang +8
Automatic language proficiency assessment in the context of multilingual interview-based settings remains underexplored. In this work, we develop Whisper-based speaker-role and lan…
An Approach to Simultaneous Acquisition of Real-Time MRI Video, EEG, and Surface EMG for Articulatory, Brain, and Muscle Activity During Speech Production
Jihwan Lee, Parsa Razmara, Kevin Huang +16
Speech production is a complex process spanning neural planning, motor control, muscle activation, and articulatory kinematics. While the acoustic speech signal is the most accessi…
ARTI-6: Towards Six-dimensional Articulatory Speech Encoding
Jihwan Lee, Sean Foley, Thanathai Lertpetchpun +6
We propose ARTI-6, a compact six-dimensional articulatory speech encoding framework derived from real-time MRI data that captures crucial vocal tract regions including the velum, t…
A long-form single-speaker real-time MRI speech dataset and benchmark
Sean Foley, Jihwan Lee, Kevin Huang +4
We release the USC Long Single-Speaker (LSS) dataset containing real-time MRI video of the vocal tract dynamics and simultaneous audio obtained during speech production. This uniqu…
Voxlect: A Speech Foundation Model Benchmark for Modeling Dialects and Regional Languages Around the Globe
Tiantian Feng, Kevin Huang, Anfeng Xu +6
We present Voxlect, a novel benchmark for modeling dialects and regional languages worldwide using speech foundation models. Specifically, we report comprehensive benchmark evaluat…
On the Relationship between Accent Strength and Articulatory Features
Kevin Huang, Sean Foley, Jihwan Lee +3
This paper explores the relationship between accent strength and articulatory features inferred from acoustic speech. To quantify accent strength, we compare phonetic transcription…