Summary of the NOTSOFAR-1 Challenge: Highlights and Learnings

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2501.17304v1
• Date: Tue, 28 Jan 2025 21:25:08 GMT
• Title: Summary of the NOTSOFAR-1 Challenge: Highlights and Learnings
• Authors: Igor Abramovski, Alon Vinnikov, Shalev Shaer, Naoyuki Kanda, Xiaofei Wang, Amir Ivry, Eyal Krupka,
• Abstract summary: The first Natural Office Talkers in Settings of Far-field Audio Recordings (NOTSOFAR-1) Challenge is a pivotal initiative that sets new benchmarks. The challenge provides a unique combination of 280 recorded meetings across 30 diverse environments, capturing real-world acoustic conditions and conversational dynamics. We provide an overview of the systems submitted to the challenge and analyze the top-performing approaches.
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• Abstract: The first Natural Office Talkers in Settings of Far-field Audio Recordings (NOTSOFAR-1) Challenge is a pivotal initiative that sets new benchmarks by offering datasets more representative of the needs of real-world business applications than those previously available. The challenge provides a unique combination of 280 recorded meetings across 30 diverse environments, capturing real-world acoustic conditions and conversational dynamics, and a 1000-hour simulated training dataset, synthesized with enhanced authenticity for real-world generalization, incorporating 15,000 real acoustic transfer functions. In this paper, we provide an overview of the systems submitted to the challenge and analyze the top-performing approaches, hypothesizing the factors behind their success. Additionally, we highlight promising directions left unexplored by participants. By presenting key findings and actionable insights, this work aims to drive further innovation and progress in DASR research and applications.

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