Target speaker anonymization in multi-speaker recordings

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Autores principales: Tomashenko, Natalia, Yamagishi, Junichi, Wang, Xin, Liu, Yun, Vincent, Emmanuel
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Publicado: 2025
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author Tomashenko, Natalia
Yamagishi, Junichi
Wang, Xin
Liu, Yun
Vincent, Emmanuel
author_facet Tomashenko, Natalia
Yamagishi, Junichi
Wang, Xin
Liu, Yun
Vincent, Emmanuel
contents Most of the existing speaker anonymization research has focused on single-speaker audio, leading to the development of techniques and evaluation metrics optimized for such condition. This study addresses the significant challenge of speaker anonymization within multi-speaker conversational audio, specifically when only a single target speaker needs to be anonymized. This scenario is highly relevant in contexts like call centers, where customer privacy necessitates anonymizing only the customer's voice in interactions with operators. Conventional anonymization methods are often not suitable for this task. Moreover, current evaluation methodology does not allow us to accurately assess privacy protection and utility in this complex multi-speaker scenario. This work aims to bridge these gaps by exploring effective strategies for targeted speaker anonymization in conversational audio, highlighting potential problems in their development and proposing corresponding improved evaluation methodologies.
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spellingShingle Target speaker anonymization in multi-speaker recordings
Tomashenko, Natalia
Yamagishi, Junichi
Wang, Xin
Liu, Yun
Vincent, Emmanuel
Audio and Speech Processing
Computation and Language
Cryptography and Security
Most of the existing speaker anonymization research has focused on single-speaker audio, leading to the development of techniques and evaluation metrics optimized for such condition. This study addresses the significant challenge of speaker anonymization within multi-speaker conversational audio, specifically when only a single target speaker needs to be anonymized. This scenario is highly relevant in contexts like call centers, where customer privacy necessitates anonymizing only the customer's voice in interactions with operators. Conventional anonymization methods are often not suitable for this task. Moreover, current evaluation methodology does not allow us to accurately assess privacy protection and utility in this complex multi-speaker scenario. This work aims to bridge these gaps by exploring effective strategies for targeted speaker anonymization in conversational audio, highlighting potential problems in their development and proposing corresponding improved evaluation methodologies.
title Target speaker anonymization in multi-speaker recordings
topic Audio and Speech Processing
Computation and Language
Cryptography and Security
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.09307