CocktailASR-1 transcribes a selected voice in overlapping audio
Published by Xiaomi on September 16, 2026, CocktailASR-1 uses reference voiceprints to transcribe a chosen speaker in mixed audio. The publication reports support for English and Chinese.
Source: CocktailASR-1, da Xiaomi, reconhece um falante selecionado em áudio misto (github.com). Text prepared with AI from this source.
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On September 16, 2026, Xiaomi presented CocktailASR-1, an end-to-end speech recognition model conditioned on a speaker. It uses reference voiceprints to transcribe a selected voice in overlapping audio and, according to the publication, supports English and Chinese. Xiaomi describes the model as an option for evaluating speaker-conditioned speech recognition on recordings with overlapping voices.
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