5 papers
Evaluating ASR robustness to spontaneous speech errors: A study of WhisperX using a Speech Error Database
John Alderete, Macarious Kin Fung Hui, Aanchan Mohan
The Simon Fraser University Speech Error Database (SFUSED) is a public data collection developed for linguistic and psycholinguistic research. Here we demonstrate how its design an…
Your voice is your voice: Supporting Self-expression through Speech Generation and LLMs in Augmented and Alternative Communication
Yiwen Xu, Monideep Chakraborti, Tianyi Zhang +3
In this paper, we present Speak Ease: an augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) system to support users' expressivity by integrating multimodal input, including text, voi…
Enhancing AAC Software for Dysarthric Speakers in e-Health Settings: An Evaluation Using TORGO
Macarious Hui, Jinda Zhang, Aanchan Mohan
Individuals with cerebral palsy (CP) and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) frequently face challenges with articulation, leading to dysarthria and resulting in atypical speech pa…
A new approach for fine-tuning sentence transformers for intent classification and out-of-scope detection tasks
Tianyi Zhang, Atta Norouzian, Aanchan Mohan +1
In virtual assistant (VA) systems it is important to reject or redirect user queries that fall outside the scope of the system. One of the most accurate approaches for out-of-scope…
Human Latency Conversational Turns for Spoken Avatar Systems
Derek Jacoby, Tianyi Zhang, Aanchan Mohan +1
A problem with many current Large Language Model (LLM) driven spoken dialogues is the response time. Some efforts such as Groq address this issue by lightning fast processing of th…