arxivcs.SDcs.AIeess.AS2026-07-04
TokAN: Accent Normalization Using Self-Supervised Speech Tokens
Qibing Bai, Shuai Wang, Yuhan Du, Bohan Li, Yannan Wang, Haizhou Li
Accent normalization (AN) seeks to convert non-native (L2) accented speech into standard (L1) speech while preserving speaker identity. The current techniques either require naturally recorded parallel L1-L2 speech for training, or suffer from quality degradation when supervised…