3 papers
cs.SD2026
The Interspeech 2026 Audio Encoder Capability Challenge for Large Audio Language Models
Heinrich Dinkel, Jiahao Zhou, Guanbo Wang +8
This paper presents the Interspeech 2026 Audio Encoder Capability Challenge, a benchmark specifically designed to evaluate and advance the performance of pre-trained audio encoders…
cs.SD2026
A Scalable Pipeline for Enabling Non-Verbal Speech Generation and Understanding
Runchuan Ye, Yixuan Zhou, Renjie Yu +6
Non-verbal Vocalizations (NVs), such as laughter and sighs, are vital for conveying emotion and intention in human speech, yet most existing speech systems neglect them, which seve…
cs.SD2025
VoxCPM: Tokenizer-Free TTS for Context-Aware Speech Generation and True-to-Life Voice Cloning
Yixuan Zhou, Guoyang Zeng, Xin Liu +9
Generative models for speech synthesis face a fundamental trade-off: discrete tokens ensure stability but sacrifice expressivity, while continuous signals retain acoustic richness…