Millions of people worldwide rely on Speech Generating Devices (SGDs) for communication. These systems provide intelligible speech, but not expressive speech. A terse synthesized message can sound rude when the user meant it neutrally. A joke lands flat. Sarcasm disappears entirely. In the Vetenskapsrådet-funded 4-year project Personalized Voices, we aim to change this. We will do this by giving SGD users not just a voice, but their own voice: one they can shape, control, and rely on to convey what they actually mean. The project develops a speech synthesis architecture with independently controllable dimensions: voice identity (who you sound like), prosodic realization (how you deliver a message), and communicative intent (what emotion or attitude you convey). The research focuses on the design of control mechanisms and evaluation methods that hold regardless of which underlying TTS technology is used. This is a core requirement in a field where generative AI models evolve rapidly.
We are looking for a postdoctoral researcher with a strong background in speech synthesis and machine learning, with an interest in accessibility and human communication.
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