@inproceedings{susladkar-etal-2024-bahasa,
    title = "{B}ahasa Harmony: A Comprehensive Dataset for {B}ahasa Text-to-Speech Synthesis with Discrete Codec Modeling of {E}n{G}en-{TTS}.",
    author = "Susladkar, Onkar Kishor  and
      Tripathi, Vishesh  and
      Ahmed, Biddwan",
    editor = "Al-Onaizan, Yaser  and
      Bansal, Mohit  and
      Chen, Yun-Nung",
    booktitle = "Findings of the Association for Computational Linguistics: EMNLP 2024",
    month = nov,
    year = "2024",
    address = "Miami, Florida, USA",
    publisher = "Association for Computational Linguistics",
    url = "https://preview.aclanthology.org/ingest-emnlp/2024.findings-emnlp.154/",
    doi = "10.18653/v1/2024.findings-emnlp.154",
    pages = "2731--2741",
    abstract = "This research introduces a comprehensive Bahasa text-to-speech (TTS) dataset and a novel TTS model, EnGen-TTS, designed to enhance the quality and versatility of synthetic speech in the Bahasa language. The dataset, spanning 55.00 hours and 52K audio recordings, integrates diverse textual sources, ensuring linguistic richness. A meticulous recording setup captures the nuances of Bahasa phonetics, employing professional equipment to ensure high-fidelity audio samples. Statistical analysis reveals the dataset{'}s scale and diversity, laying the foundation for model training and evaluation. The proposed EnGen-TTS model performs better than established baselines, achieving a Mean Opinion Score (MOS) of 4.45 {\ensuremath{\pm}} 0.13. Additionally, our investigation on real-time factor and model size highlights EnGen-TTS as a compelling choice, with efficient performance. This research marks a significant advancement in Bahasa TTS technology, with implications for diverse language applications."
}