arXiv:2606.18389v2 Announce Type: replace
Abstract: Large language models (LLMs) have become an effective tool for synthetic data generation, including for low-resource languages, where generated dat...
By Jan Cegin, Daniil Gurgurov, Yusser Al Ghussin, Simon Ostermann
The paper introduces a method called randomized intermediate guidance for training tandem speech-to-speech models, where a large language model (LLM) acts as a backend providing candidate responses while the user is speaking. Instead of simulating the backend’s guidance, the approach derives guidance directly from the conversation corpus, using target responses for informative guidance and randomly sampled responses to simulate irrelevant updates. Experiments on synthetic dialogues and 3.8k hours of real conversations show that this technique yields response quality comparable to LLM-generated baselines while improving natural turn‑taking and audio‑judge naturalness.
By Manato Yaguchi, Yotaro Kubo, Hikaru Asano, So Kuroki
arXiv:2609.22607v1 Announce Type: new
Abstract: We argue here that the current dominant practice in LLM human simulation: prompting instruction-tuned assistant language models to role-play personas,...
By Minwoo Kang, T\'ea Wright, Seun Eisape, Ayush Raj, Suhong Moon, Joseph Suh, Alane Suhr, David M. Chan, John Canny
arXiv:2606. 03957v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Conversational ASR for lower-resource languages and niche domains is limited by the scarcity of domain-matched multi-speaker training data.
By M\'at\'e Gedeon, P\'eter Mihajlik
arXiv:2605.27971v2 Announce Type: replace-cross
Abstract: When large language models are fine-tuned to generate persona- or tone-conditioned responses, their output diversity is severely limited--a f...
By Kerui Peng, Feifei Li, Xingyu Fan, Wenhui Que
Conversational ASR for lower-resource languages and niche domains is limited by the scarcity of domain-matched multi-speaker training data. We propose an augmentation pipeline that generates scenario-level dialogues with participant metadata, maps speaker attributes to TTS voice profiles, and assembles synthesized utterances into speaker-aware simulated conversations.
The paper introduces UC-Bench, a human‑annotated benchmark for detecting user‑side implicit conflicts in Human‑LLM dialogue, a problem largely overlooked compared to LLM‑side conflicts. Experiments show current LLMs struggle with these conflicts, especially when they stem from implicit incompatibilities in dialogue history. To address this, the authors propose SynUC, a constraint‑guided data synthesis method that generates a new training set, UC‑Data, which improves performance of lightweight LLMs on UC‑Bench compared to larger general‑purpose models and existing synthesis approaches.
By Jinqiang Wang, Tao Zhu, Huansheng Ning
arXiv:2608. 08067v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Current end-to-end speech dialogue models are primarily optimized for mainstream languages and remain limited in low-resource dialect scenarios due to the scarcity of dialect speech data.
By Yi Shu, Tianyu Peng, Yingzhuo Deng, Wen Yang, Jun Lin, Changming Xie, Xinyu Yu, Jiajun Zhang
The paper introduces a method for forecasting conversational derailment by incorporating speech act information as an auxiliary signal to enhance pragmatic representations. This approach aims to reduce lexical noise and improve generalizability, especially in low-data and cross-domain scenarios. Experiments on three datasets demonstrate performance gains over existing methods.
By Angela Yifei Yuan, Christine De Kock, Christopher Leckie
arXiv:2510.22588v2 Announce Type: replace-cross
Abstract: Spoken dialogue models currently lack the ability for fine-grained speech style control, a critical capability for human-like interaction tha...
By Wenming Tu, Guanrou Yang, Ruiqi Yan, Wenxi Chen, Ziyang Ma, Yipeng Kang, Kai Yu, Xie Chen, Zilong Zheng
arXiv:2608.24327v2 Announce Type: replace
Abstract: With the advent of Large Language Models and its instruction following capabilities a promising application is the task of summarization. Within th...
By Enes Yavuz Ugan, Fabian Retkowski, Yuka Ko, Thai-Binh Nguyen, Maike Z\"ufle, Jan Niehues, Alexander Waibel
arXiv:2601. 22888v4 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: More than 80% of the 1.
By Jio Oh, Paul Vicinanza, Thomas Butler, Steven Euijong Whang, Dezhi Hong, Amani Namboori