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VibeVoice Technical Report research paper by Microsoft, 2025

Microsoft · Foundation models · Aug 26, 2025 · 56 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.

By Zhiliang Peng, Jianwei Yu, Wenhui Wang and 10 more · arXiv 2508.19205 · PDF · Code

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56, 9 influential · Semantic Scholar
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180 · Hugging Face
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CitationsNov 2, 2026Citations rose from 52 to 56.
CitationsOct 12, 2026Citations rose from 50 to 52.
CitationsOct 5, 2026Citations rose from 48 to 50.
CitationsSep 25, 2026A first count of 9 influential citations.
CitationsSep 25, 2026A first count of 48 citations.
New paperSep 25, 2026Found by the weekly Hugging Face scan; not yet checked by hand.