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DuplexGen: Adaptive Synthesis of Human-AI Turn-Taking Dialogues
Takyoung Kim, Kang-wook Kim, Sang Hoon Woo +3
Turn-taking is a central component of full-duplex interaction. Which turn-taking behaviors are appropriate varies with the scenario, yet current models apply a single norm regardle…
A Survey of Automated Presentation Coaching: Systems, Methods, and Open Challenges
Wen Liang, Li Siyan, Zackary Rackauckas +1
Automated coaching for oral presentations sits at the intersection of computer-assisted pronunciation training (CAPT), prosody modeling, and speech synthesis, yet no prior work has…
Re:Member: Emotional Question Generation from Personal Memories
Zackary Rackauckas, Nobuaki Minematsu, Julia Hirschberg
We present Re:Member, a system that explores how emotionally expressive, memory-grounded interaction can support more engaging second language (L2) learning. By drawing on users' p…
Comparative Evaluation of Expressive Japanese Character Text-to-Speech with VITS and Style-BERT-VITS2
Zackary Rackauckas, Julia Hirschberg
Synthesizing expressive Japanese character speech poses unique challenges due to pitch-accent sensitivity and stylistic variability. This paper empirically evaluates two open-sourc…