National Institute for Research in Digital Science and Technology

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The Sound of Conversation: AI Learns to Mimic Conversational Pauses and Interruptions
National Institute for Research in Digital Science and Technology

The Sound of Conversation: AI Learns to Mimic Conversational Pauses and Interruptions

In spoken conversation, people naturally take turns amid interjections and other patterns that aren’t strictly verbal. A new approach generated natural-sounding audio dialogs without training on text transcriptions that mark when one party should stop speaking and the other should chime in.

October 6, 20222 min read
The Sound of Conversation: AI Learns to Mimic Conversational Pauses and Interruptions
National Institute for Research in Digital Science and Technology

The Sound of Conversation: AI Learns to Mimic Conversational Pauses and Interruptions

In spoken conversation, people naturally take turns amid interjections and other patterns that aren’t strictly verbal. A new approach generated natural-sounding audio dialogs without training on text transcriptions that mark when one party should stop speaking and the other should chime in.

October 6, 20222 min read

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