Abstract: This paper investigates the use of unsupervised text-to-speech synthesis (TTS) as a data augmentation method to improve accented speech recognition. TTS systems are trained with a small ...

Edited by Lora Hooper, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX; received March 18, 2025; accepted August 4, 2025 ...

Seagrasses preserve our oceans, offering safe harbor for sea life, calming rough waters, and storing excess carbon dioxide. Dozens of seagrass species protect coastlines around the globe, including ...

Cargo theft is rapidly evolving from traditional physical methods to sophisticated digital fraud, leveraging AI, synthetic identities, and social engineering to scale operations and reduce physical ...

BEIJING, Oct 22 (Reuters) - Australia's statements about an incident involving Chinese military aircraft over the South China Sea are an attempt to cover up an Australian "intrusion" into Chinese ...

Oct 20 (Reuters) - A tropical wave located over the eastern Caribbean Sea has a 90% chance of cyclone formation in the next 48 hours, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said in its latest advisory on ...

Abstract: In spite of the fact that Braille is an important channel of communication for the visually impaired, conventional systems require specialized training and expensive devices that are hard to ...