arXiv:2606.19381v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Code-switch (CS) Automatic Speech Recognition (ASR) remains challenging due to limited availability of high quality CS text-speech pairs for training. Although synthetic data augmentation via Text-to-speech (TTS) has been explored, existing CS TTS approaches primarily optimise reconstruction fidelity and do not explicitly enforce language-boundary consistency, thereby limiting their effectiveness for CS ASR augmentation. This paper proposes a code-mixing guided preference-learning framework that steers synthetic speech generation toward improve
The increasing sophistication of AI models and the demand for more natural human-computer interaction necessitate improved multilingual ASR, making breakthroughs in code-switching particularly timely.
Improved code-switching ASR expands the addressable market for speech-enabled AI applications, enhancing accessibility and utility for multilingual populations globally.
The ability to accurately process code-switched speech removes a significant barrier for AI systems in diverse linguistic environments, leading to more inclusive and effective voice interfaces.
- · AI developers targeting multilingual markets
- · Global technology companies
- · Users in multilingual regions
- · Speech recognition software providers
- · Companies with single-language ASR solutions
- · Legacy speech recognition systems
More accurate and natural voice assistants, customer service bots, and transcription services will emerge for multilingual users.
This improvement could accelerate the adoption of voice-based interfaces in emerging markets with high linguistic diversity.
It might lead to new forms of code-switched conversational AI models, further blurring language boundaries in digital communication.
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