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6 papers

cs.SD2026

Text-only adaptation in LLM-based ASR through text denoising

Andrés Carofilis, Sergio Burdisso, Esaú Villatoro-Tello +8

Adapting large language model (LLM)-based automatic speech recognition (ASR) systems to new domains using text-only data is a significant yet underexplored challenge. Standard fine…

eess.AS2026

Reducing Prompt Sensitivity in LLM-based Speech Recognition Through Learnable Projection

Sergio Burdisso, Esaú Villatoro-Tello, Shashi Kumar +7

LLM-based automatic speech recognition (ASR), a well-established approach, connects speech foundation models to large language models (LLMs) through a speech-to-LLM projector, yiel…

cs.CL2025

TokenVerse++: Towards Flexible Multitask Learning with Dynamic Task Activation

Shashi Kumar, Srikanth Madikeri, Esaú Villatoro-Tello +8

Token-based multitasking frameworks like TokenVerse require all training utterances to have labels for all tasks, hindering their ability to leverage partially annotated datasets a…

cs.CL2025

Better Semi-supervised Learning for Multi-domain ASR Through Incremental Retraining and Data Filtering

Andres Carofilis, Pradeep Rangappa, Srikanth Madikeri +10

Fine-tuning pretrained ASR models for specific domains is challenging when labeled data is scarce. But unlabeled audio and labeled data from related domains are often available. We…

cs.CL2025

Efficient Data Selection for Domain Adaptation of ASR Using Pseudo-Labels and Multi-Stage Filtering

Pradeep Rangappa, Andres Carofilis, Jeena Prakash +10

Fine-tuning pretrained ASR models for specific domains is challenging for small organizations with limited labeled data and computational resources. Here, we explore different data…

cs.CL2025

Performance evaluation of SLAM-ASR: The Good, the Bad, the Ugly, and the Way Forward

Shashi Kumar, Iuliia Thorbecke, Sergio Burdisso +7

Recent research has demonstrated that training a linear connector between speech foundation encoders and large language models (LLMs) enables this architecture to achieve strong AS…