Introducing Voicebox: The first generative AI model for speech to generalize across tasks with state-of-the-art performance
Introducing Voicebox: The first generative AI model for speech to generalize across tasks with state-of-the-art performancehttps://ai.facebook.com/blog/voicebox-generative-ai-model-speech/

Introducing Voicebox: The first generative AI model for speech to generalize across tasks with state-of-the-art performance

🔊🤖 Meet Voicebox: The groundbreaking generative AI model for speech that outshines single-purpose tools. From high-quality audio clips to noise removal and style conversion, Voicebox raises the bar for speech tech! 🎙️🚀 #AI #SpeechRecognition #Innovation

  • Voicebox is a generative AI model for speech that can generalize across tasks with state-of-the-art performance.
  • It creates high-quality audio clips, synthesizes speech across six languages, and performs tasks like noise removal, content editing, and style conversion.
  • Voicebox is based on a method called Flow Matching and learns from raw audio and transcription, unlike previous models that require task-specific training data.
  • It outperforms existing models in terms of word error rates and audio similarity, making significant advancements in generative speech technology.
  • Voicebox is trained on over 50,000 hours of diverse speech data from public domain audiobooks and can perform tasks like text-to-speech synthesis and cross-lingual style transfer.
  • The model's ability to generate speech in context enables tasks like speech denoising, editing, and diverse speech sampling.
  • Synthetic speech generated by Voicebox shows promising results for training speech recognition models, with minimal error rate degradation compared to real speech.
  • Meta AI researchers are sharing their research responsibly, addressing potential risks of misuse by developing effective classifiers to distinguish between authentic speech and Voicebox-generated audio.
  • Voicebox represents a significant advancement in generative AI for speech and paves the way for future innovations and responsible AI development.
  • The blog post acknowledges the collaborative efforts of the researchers involved and invites further exploration and application of Voicebox technology.