Objective
With AI-driven advances, the rapidly developing field of voice technology (VT) has transformed European life through voice assistants, text-to-speech systems, and cochlear implants. However, severe challenges remain in processing paralinguistic information such as identity, emotional state or health in voices. The Voice Communication Sciences (VoCS) project is an ambitious initiative to address these challenges and advance Europe's position at the forefront of VT. VoCS aims to train a new generation of scientists with interdisciplinary expertise in Voice Communication Sciences. The project gathers a consortium of 21 academic and non-academic partners across 12 countries, collaborating to provide a world-class training-by-research program. The primary goal is to equip 17 doctoral candidates (DCs) with integrated knowledge spanning cognitive neuroscience, acoustics, phonetics, and computing science, via a unique combination of hands-on research training in labs, with cross-sectorial workshops in fundamental, technological, and clinical domains relevant to voice communication. The project's innovative aspects lie in its comprehensive approach to voice processing, bridging disciplines from neuroscience to engineering. The VoCS research program is structured around three scientific objectives: (1) advancing basic knowledge of natural voice processing, exploring paralinguistic information in voices; (2) building on these insights to design more natural and flexible synthetic voices; (3) transferring this knowledge into user-oriented applications in health and forensics, including the improvement of voice perception for hearing-impaired individuals, advancements in forensic speaker comparison methods, and the development of tools to combat deepfake speech. VoCS aims to contribute not only to scientific knowledge but also to the exponential growth of the VT industry by creating a network of skilled experts shaping the future of VT in Europe.
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CORDIS classifies projects with EuroSciVoc, a multilingual taxonomy of fields of science, through a semi-automatic process based on NLP techniques.
- natural sciencesbiological sciencesneurobiology
- natural sciencesphysical sciencesacoustics
- humanitieslanguages and literaturelinguisticsphonetics
- medical and health sciencesmedical biotechnologyimplants
- engineering and technologyelectrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineeringinformation engineeringtelecommunications
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Programme(s)
- HORIZON.1.2 - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) Main Programme
Funding Scheme
HORIZON-TMA-MSCA-DN - HORIZON TMA MSCA Doctoral NetworksCoordinator
13284 Marseille
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Participants (12)
07743 JENA
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6200 MD Maastricht
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0313 Oslo
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42023 Saint Etienne
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1053 Budapest
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08002 Barcelona
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116 36 Praha 1
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70211 KUOPIO
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7522 NB Enschede
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82205 Gilching
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2765 Smorum
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9713 GZ Groningen
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8006 Zurich
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86159 Augsburg
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OX1 5BS Oxford
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01370 Vantaa
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31400 Toulouse
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13007 Marseille
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E1 4NS London
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WC1E 6BT London
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06220 Vallauris
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The organization defined itself as SME (small and medium-sized enterprise) at the time the Grant Agreement was signed.