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Nourchene Ferchichi

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#artificial intelligence Preprint Sep 2026

NemotronLabs VoiceChat: An Open Full-duplex Speech-to-Speech Model with Tool Calling Capabilities

The results demonstrate that full-duplex interaction, speech recognition and generation, general language capabilities, and external tool use can be integrated in a single open speech-to-speech model without sacrificing real-time conversational behavior.

Jagadeesh Balam, Travis M. Bartley, Edresson Casanova et al. · 2 citations · ⚡1

#natural language process... Preprint Sep 2026

Enabling Streaming User Transcription in Full-Duplex Speech-to-Speech Models

This work proposes an efficient method to add streaming ASR capabilities to an existing duplex S2S model by introducing a lightweight ASR head in parallel to the agent text head, enabling real-time user transcription while preserving full-duplex conversational capabilities including turn-taking and barge-in handling.

Ke Hu, Nourchene Ferchichi, Edresson Casanova et al. · 1 citation