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UltraVoice dataset enhances speech style control in dialogue models

Researchers have introduced UltraVoice, a large-scale dataset designed to improve fine-grained speech style control in spoken dialogue models. The dataset includes over 830 hours of speech dialogues with instructions across six stylistic dimensions: emotion, speed, volume, accent, language, and composite styles. Fine-tuning models like SLAM-Omni and VocalNet on UltraVoice has shown significant improvements in stylistic controllability and instruction following, without compromising core conversational abilities. The dataset's utility also extends to training controllable Text-to-Speech models. AI

IMPACT Enhances human-like interaction in spoken dialogue systems and improves controllable Text-to-Speech models.

RANK_REASON The cluster contains an academic paper detailing a new dataset and methodology for speech synthesis. [lever_c_demoted from research: ic=1 ai=1.0]

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UltraVoice dataset enhances speech style control in dialogue models

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  1. arXiv cs.CL TIER_1 English(EN) · Wenming Tu, Guanrou Yang, Ruiqi Yan, Wenxi Chen, Ziyang Ma, Yipeng Kang, Kai Yu, Xie Chen, Zilong Zheng ·

    UltraVoice: Scaling Fine-Grained Style-Controlled Speech Conversations for Spoken Dialogue Models

    arXiv:2510.22588v2 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: Spoken dialogue models currently lack the ability for fine-grained speech style control, a critical capability for human-like interaction that is often overlooked in favor of purely functional capabilities like reasoning a…