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VibeVoice Technical Report research paper by Microsoft, 2025

Microsoft · Aug 26, 2025 · Foundation models · 48 citations · 180 upvotes · unverified

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VibeVoice synthesizes long-form multi-speaker speech using next-token diffusion and a highly efficient continuous speech tokenizer, achieving superior performance and fidelity.

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About this paper
Authors
Zhiliang Peng, Jianwei Yu, Wenhui Wang and 10 more
arXiv
2508.19205 · PDF
Venue
arXiv.org
Citations
48, 9 influential · Semantic Scholar
Upvotes
180 · Hugging Face
Code
github.com/microsoft/VibeVoice
Lab
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Influential citationsfirst count: 9Sep 25, 2026
Citationsfirst count: 48Sep 25, 2026
New paperFound by the weekly scan, unverifiedSep 25, 2026

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