2 papers
cs.CL2026
Covertly improving intelligibility with data-driven adaptations of speech timing
Paige TuttösÃ, Angelica Lim, H. Henny Yeung +2
Human talkers often address listeners with language-comprehension challenges, such as hard-of-hearing or non-native adults, by globally slowing down their speech. However, it remai…
cs.SD2025
You Sound a Little Tense: L2 Tailored Clear TTS Using Durational Vowel Properties
Paige TuttösÃ, H. Henny Yeung, Yue Wang +2
We present the first text-to-speech (TTS) system tailored to second language (L2) speakers. We use duration differences between American English tense (longer) and lax (shorter) vo…