AI Technology & Industry Review
In a new paper SpeechX: Neural Codec Language Model as a Versatile Speech Transformer, a Microsoft research team presents SpeechX, a versatile, robust, and extensible speech generation model that is capable to address zero-shot TTS and various speech transformation tasks, handling both clean and noisy signals.
In the new paper NaturalSpeech 2: Latent Diffusion Models are Natural and Zero-Shot Speech and Singing Synthesizers, a Microsoft team introduces NaturalSpeech 2, a TTS system with latent diffusion models for natural and strong zero-shot voice synthesis that captures expressive prosodies with superior robustness.
In the new paper Speak Foreign Languages with Your Own Voice: Cross-Lingual Neural Codec Language Modeling, a Microsoft research team presents VALL-E X, a simple yet effective cross-lingual neural codec language model that inherits strong in-context learning capabilities from VALL-E and demonstrates high-quality zero-shot cross-lingual speech synthesis performance.
ERICA, an autonomous android system capable of conversational interaction, and is arguably the most human-like android built to date.