Analysing the Masked predictive coding training criterion for pre-training a Speech Representation Model

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Autori principali: Yadav, Hemant, Sitaram, Sunayana, Shah, Rajiv Ratn
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author Yadav, Hemant
Sitaram, Sunayana
Shah, Rajiv Ratn
author_facet Yadav, Hemant
Sitaram, Sunayana
Shah, Rajiv Ratn
contents Recent developments in pre-trained speech representation utilizing self-supervised learning (SSL) have yielded exceptional results on a variety of downstream tasks. One such technique, known as masked predictive coding (MPC), has been employed by some of the most high-performing models. In this study, we investigate the impact of MPC loss on the type of information learnt at various layers in the HuBERT model, using nine probing tasks. Our findings indicate that the amount of content information learned at various layers of the HuBERT model has a positive correlation to the MPC loss. Additionally, it is also observed that any speaker-related information learned at intermediate layers of the model, is an indirect consequence of the learning process, and therefore cannot be controlled using the MPC loss. These findings may serve as inspiration for further research in the speech community, specifically in the development of new pre-training tasks or the exploration of new pre-training criterion's that directly preserves both speaker and content information at various layers of a learnt model.
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spellingShingle Analysing the Masked predictive coding training criterion for pre-training a Speech Representation Model
Yadav, Hemant
Sitaram, Sunayana
Shah, Rajiv Ratn
Sound
Audio and Speech Processing
Recent developments in pre-trained speech representation utilizing self-supervised learning (SSL) have yielded exceptional results on a variety of downstream tasks. One such technique, known as masked predictive coding (MPC), has been employed by some of the most high-performing models. In this study, we investigate the impact of MPC loss on the type of information learnt at various layers in the HuBERT model, using nine probing tasks. Our findings indicate that the amount of content information learned at various layers of the HuBERT model has a positive correlation to the MPC loss. Additionally, it is also observed that any speaker-related information learned at intermediate layers of the model, is an indirect consequence of the learning process, and therefore cannot be controlled using the MPC loss. These findings may serve as inspiration for further research in the speech community, specifically in the development of new pre-training tasks or the exploration of new pre-training criterion's that directly preserves both speaker and content information at various layers of a learnt model.
title Analysing the Masked predictive coding training criterion for pre-training a Speech Representation Model
topic Sound
Audio and Speech Processing
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2303.06982