Abstract: We present a novel voice conversion (VC) framework by learning from a text-to-speech (TTS) synthesis system, that is called TTS-VC transfer learning or TTL-VC for short. We first develop a ...

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GLM-TTS is a high-quality text-to-speech (TTS) synthesis system based on large language models, supporting zero-shot voice cloning and streaming inference. This system adopts a two-stage architecture: ...

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Since its premiere at Cannes Film Festival back in May of this year, The History of Sound has generated more buzz than your average wartime melodrama, largely due to its star casting. With Paul Mescal ...

As the guitar-strumming will-o'-the-wisp Maria von Trapp, Julie Andrews taught us a few of her favorite things. And six decades on, "The Sound of Music" is still one of ours. Based on Rodgers and ...

In the enchanting memoir “The Season” Helen Garner writes about her grandson’s Australian Rules football team — and so much more. By Nick Hornby Nick Hornby’s most recent book is “Dickens and Prince: ...

NVIDIA introduces Riva TTS models enhancing multilingual speech synthesis and voice cloning, with applications in AI agents, digital humans, and more, featuring advanced architecture and preference ...

Director Oliver Hermanus follows two men united in love and music, but his style is overly pictorial and polite, and so is the film's romantic passion. “The History of Sound” is a gay love story in ...

Frank Hornby, British businessman and inventor born in 1863, is a name known across the globe for model trains and toys alike. This book, Hornby: Book of Collectable Toys, takes a deep dive into the ...