3 papers
eess.AS2025
Adapting Whisper for Lightweight and Efficient Automatic Speech Recognition of Children for On-device Edge Applications
Satwik Dutta, Shruthigna Chandupatla, John Hansen
Reliability on cloud providers for ASR inference to support child-centered voice-based applications is becoming challenging due to regulatory and privacy challenges. Motivated by a…
cs.SD2025
Best Practices and Considerations for Child Speech Corpus Collection and Curation in Educational, Clinical, and Forensic Scenarios
John Hansen, Satwik Dutta, Ellen Grand
A child's spoken ability continues to change until their adult age. Until 7-8yrs, their speech sound development and language structure evolve rapidly. This dynamic shift in their…
cs.CY2024
Navigating the United States Legislative Landscape on Voice Privacy: Existing Laws, Proposed Bills, Protection for Children, and Synthetic Data for AI
Satwik Dutta, John H. L. Hansen
Privacy is a hot topic for policymakers across the globe, including the United States. Evolving advances in AI and emerging concerns about the misuse of personal data have pushed p…