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CodecFlow framework enhances speech bandwidth extension using neural codecs

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Researchers have developed CodecFlow, a novel framework for speech bandwidth extension that operates within the latent space of neural audio codecs. This approach aims to improve the clarity and intelligibility of low-bandwidth speech by reconstructing high-frequency content more efficiently and with greater fidelity than traditional methods. CodecFlow utilizes a voicing-aware conditional flow converter and a structure-constrained residual vector quantizer to enhance latent alignment stability, demonstrating strong performance on both 8 kHz to 16 kHz and 44.1 kHz speech bandwidth extension tasks. AI

IMPACT This framework could lead to more efficient and higher-quality speech processing in applications like teleconferencing and voice assistants.

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CodecFlow framework enhances speech bandwidth extension using neural codecs

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  1. arXiv cs.AI TIER_1 English(EN) · Bowen Zhang, Junchuan Zhao, Ian McLoughlin, Ye Wang, A S Madhukumar ·

    CodecFlow: Efficient Bandwidth Extension via Conditional Flow Matching in Neural Codec Latent Space

    arXiv:2603.02022v3 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: Speech Bandwidth Extension improves clarity and intelligibility by restoring/inferring appropriate high-frequency content for low-bandwidth speech. Existing methods often rely on spectrogram or waveform modeling, which can…

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