Subject: [AUDITORY] [CFP] Second Call For Papers for the 13th edition Speech Synthesis Workshop From: =?utf-8?Q?S=C3=A9bastien_Le_Maguer?= <=?utf-8?Q?S=C3=A9bastien_Le_Maguer?=> Date: Mon, 24 Feb 2025 12:29:59 +0200--=-=-= Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable **Apologies for cross-posting** This is the second call for papers for the 13th ISCA Speech Synthesis Works= hop (SSW13). Submission website: <https://cmt3.research.microsoft.com/SSW2025/Track/1/Su= bmission/Create> Submission deadline: April 1, 2025 - initial submission; April 14, 2025 - p= aper update =3D General information =3D 13th ISCA Speech Synthesis Workshop (SSW13) - 24-26 August 2025 in Leeuward= en, NL - <https://blogs.helsinki.fi/ssw13-2025/> We are delighted to announce the 13th edition of the Speech Synthesis Works= hop (SSW) which will take place in Leeuwarden (the Netherlands), from Sunday the 24th till Wednesday the 26th of August 2025. The workshop i= s a satellite event of the Interspeech 2025 conference (held in Rotterdam, the Netherlands). The SSW is the main meeting place for research and innovation in speech syn= thesis, i.e. predicting speech signals from text input. Text-to-Speech (TTS) technology is a key component of numerous applications= : speech-to-speech translation, digital assistants, conversational agents, social robots. While early research focused on basic intelligibilit= y, contemporary systems now achieve remarkable naturalness. Current research frontiers include emotional expression, speaking style control, an= d efficient deployment for the world's languages. **Theme: Scaling down: Sustainable synthesis for language diversity** SSW13 focuses on making speech synthesis more accessible for the world's la= nguages. We encourage submissions addressing: - Data-efficient methods for low-resource languages - Computationally sustainable approaches - Cross-lingual transfer learning - Language-specific challenges in TTS =3D Key Information =3D - Paper Format: Up to 6 pages including references using the Interspeech 20= 25 template - Review Process: Double-blind peer review - Presentation format: Oral and poster sessions - Virtual Participation: None, in-person only =3D Important Dates =3D - **April 1, 2025: Initial submission deadline (title/authors)** - April 14, 2025: Full paper deadline - June 14, 2025: Notification of acceptance - June 28, 2025: Camera-ready deadline - August 17-22, 2025: Interspeech (Rotterdam) - August 24-26, 2025: SSW13 (Leeuwarden) =3D Topics =3D SSW welcomes contributions not only in the core TTS technology but also inc= ludes researchers from related science -- from phoneticians, phonologists, and neuroscientists to experts of multimodal human-machine in= teraction. Core tech - End-to-end text-to-speech synthesis - Direct waveform generation - Voice conversion and modification - Multilingual/cross-lingual synthesis - Low-resource TTS methods Linguistic aspects - Text normalization and preprocessing - Prosody modeling - Expression and emotion - Natural language generation for TTS - G2P conversion Applications & eval - Speech synthesis for accessibility - Embedded/edge deployment - Quality assessment metrics - Privacy and security - Ethical considerations Special applications - Singing synthesis - Non-human vocalization - Talking faces/avatars - Clinical applications We look forward to welcoming you in Leeuwarden! The SSW13 Organising committee -- S=C3=A9bastien Le Maguer - Department of Digital Humanities - University of= Helsinki website: <http://seblemaguer.github.io/> --=-=-=--