AI RESEARCH
Accent Vector: Controllable Accent Manipulation for Multilingual TTS Without Accented Data
arXiv CS.CL
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ArXi:2603.07534v1 Announce Type: new Accent is an integral part of society, reflecting multiculturalism and shaping how individuals express identity. The majority of English speakers are non-native (L2) speakers, yet current Text-To-Speech (TTS) systems primarily model American-accented English due limited accented data. We propose \textit{Accent Vector}, a controllable representation that enables accent manipulation in multilingual TTS without requiring accented