3 papers
cs.SD2025
Low-Resource Audio Codec (LRAC): 2025 Challenge Description
Kamil Wojcicki, Yusuf Ziya Isik, Laura Lechler +8
While recent neural audio codecs deliver superior speech quality at ultralow bitrates over traditional methods, their practical adoption is hindered by obstacles related to low-res…
cs.SD2025
Baseline Systems For The 2025 Low-Resource Audio Codec Challenge
Yusuf Ziya Isik, RafaÅ Åaganowski
The Low-Resource Audio Codec (LRAC) Challenge aims to advance neural audio coding for deployment in resource-constrained environments. The first edition focuses on low-resource neu…
eess.AS2025
Efficient Evaluation of Quantization-Effects in Neural Codecs
Wolfgang Mack, Ahmed Mustafa, RafaÅ Åaganowski +1
Neural codecs, comprising an encoder, quantizer, and decoder, enable signal transmission at exceptionally low bitrates. Training these systems requires techniques like the straight…