arXiv:2606. 15888v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Non-verbal vocalizations (NVs), such as laughter, sighs, and coughs, are important acoustic cues for emotion and intent.
By Jialong Mai, Jinxin Ji, Xiaofen Xing, Wencui Liu, Xiangmin Xu
arXiv:2606. 27717v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Prosodic emphasis varies across languages, emotions, and speaking styles, yet existing emphasis detection models are largely trained and evaluated on monolingual neutral read speech.
By Megan Wei, Deepali Aneja, Jiaqi Su, Yunyun Wang, Haonan Chen, Zeyu Jin
Large Audio-Language Models (LALMs) have been widely used as judge models for the automatic evaluation of generated speech. However, prior approaches predominantly focus on holistic naturalness, leaving fine-grained paralinguistic distinctions underexplored.
arXiv:2606. 16845v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Large Language Models (LLMs) natively default to literal semantic interpretations, making zero-shot irony detection a persistent challenge.
By Ankit Bhattacharjee, Krityapriya Bhaumik
arXiv:2607. 06611v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Automatically recognizing the sentiment, positive or negative, from speech is a challenging task, requiring both the analysis of vocal inflections and the interpretation of uttered words.
By Andrei-George Durdun, Victor Constantinescu, Radu Tudor Ionescu
arXiv:2607. 00986v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Automatically detecting stress in speech provides an unobtrusive way to gain insights relevant to behavioral research or clinical assessment.
By Hanna Drimalla, Wieland R. Cremer, Christine Kraus, Oliver T. Wolf