Speech Synthesis Workshop 2025
About SSW
The Speech Synthesis Workshop (SSW) is the main meeting place for research and innovation in speech synthesis, 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.
Delivering both intelligibility and naturalness has been the holy grail of speech synthesis research for the past 30 years. More recently, expressivity has been added as a major objective of speech synthesis.
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SSW welcomes contributions not only in the core TTS technology but also gathers researchers from contributing sciences: from phoneticians, phonologists, linguists, neuroscientists to experts of multimodal human-machine interaction.
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Since 1990, SSWs are held every three years under the auspices of ISCA‘s special interest group SynSIG. In 2019, it was decided to have an SSW every two years, since the technology is advancing faster these days.
Programme
In order to organize SSW and to make it a success, we have some important dates to share. Please read them carefully.
30 January, 2025
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Submission site opens
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01 April, 2025
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Initial paper submission (at least, title, authors and abstract)
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14 April, 2025
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Final paper submission (only updates to the PDF are allowed)
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14 June, 2025
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Registration opens
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14 June, 2025
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Notification of acceptance
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28 June, 2025
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Camera-ready
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12 July 2025
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Early-bird registration ends
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16 Aug 2025
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Late registration ends
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17 – 22 (Fri) Aug 2025
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INTERSPEECH (Rotterdam, NL)
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24 (Sun)- 26 (Wed) Aug 2025
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SSW (Leeuwarden, NL)
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Read more about the necessary steps and important dates.
Meet our team
The 13th Speech Synthesis Workshop (SSW 2025) brings together experts from the University of Groningen, University of Helsinki, and KTH Royal Institute of Technology. Our organizing team combines expertise in speech technology, linguistics, and minority language preservation to create a unique forum for advancing speech synthesis research.
Core team members include:
About Campus Fryslân
About Leeuwarden
Leeuwarden is a medium-sized vibrant student city and the capital of the province of Fryslân. This is a city of innovation, home to many start-ups and established companies, including established game and tech businesses which could collaborate on speech technology applications. The city hosts universities, colleges, research institutes, and language-related NGOs. Speech technology is even recognized by the province as a crucial domain of regional interest, indicating strong local support.
Contact
Do you want to know more about the Speech Synthesis Workshop? Contact Dr Matt Coler via m.coler rug.nl.
Last modified: | 28 November 2024 1.44 p.m. |