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Abstract: This paper introduces V2Coder, a non-autoregressive vocoder based on hierarchical variational autoencoders (VAEs). The hierarchical VAE with hierarchically extended prior and approximate ...

This project develops tools for interfacing with Advanced Multiband Excitation (AMBE) hardware vocoder chips developed by Digital Voice Systems, Inc. (DVSI). The proprietary AMBE technology is used in ...

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Joe Lancaster is an assistant editor at Reason. Before that, he was a Burton C. Gray Memorial Intern. He is a graduate of the University of Massachusetts Amherst, where he majored in Journalism.