Few-Shot and Pseudo-Label Guided Speech Quality Evaluation with Large Language Models

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Main Authors: Zezario, Ryandhimas E., Wisnu, Dyah A. M. G., Fu, Szu-Wei, Siniscalchi, Sabato Marco, Wang, Hsin-Min, Tsao, Yu
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author Zezario, Ryandhimas E.
Wisnu, Dyah A. M. G.
Fu, Szu-Wei
Siniscalchi, Sabato Marco
Wang, Hsin-Min
Tsao, Yu
author_facet Zezario, Ryandhimas E.
Wisnu, Dyah A. M. G.
Fu, Szu-Wei
Siniscalchi, Sabato Marco
Wang, Hsin-Min
Tsao, Yu
contents In this paper, we introduce GatherMOS, a novel framework that leverages large language models (LLM) as meta-evaluators to aggregate diverse signals into quality predictions. GatherMOS integrates lightweight acoustic descriptors with pseudo-labels from DNSMOS and VQScore, enabling the LLM to reason over heterogeneous inputs and infer perceptual mean opinion scores (MOS). We further explore both zero-shot and few-shot in-context learning setups, showing that zero-shot GatherMOS maintains stable performance across diverse conditions, while few-shot guidance yields large gains when support samples match the test conditions. Experiments on the VoiceBank-DEMAND dataset demonstrate that GatherMOS consistently outperforms DNSMOS, VQScore, naive score averaging, and even learning-based models such as CNN-BLSTM and MOS-SSL when trained under limited labeled-data conditions. These results highlight the potential of LLM-based aggregation as a practical strategy for non-intrusive speech quality evaluation.
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spellingShingle Few-Shot and Pseudo-Label Guided Speech Quality Evaluation with Large Language Models
Zezario, Ryandhimas E.
Wisnu, Dyah A. M. G.
Fu, Szu-Wei
Siniscalchi, Sabato Marco
Wang, Hsin-Min
Tsao, Yu
Audio and Speech Processing
Sound
In this paper, we introduce GatherMOS, a novel framework that leverages large language models (LLM) as meta-evaluators to aggregate diverse signals into quality predictions. GatherMOS integrates lightweight acoustic descriptors with pseudo-labels from DNSMOS and VQScore, enabling the LLM to reason over heterogeneous inputs and infer perceptual mean opinion scores (MOS). We further explore both zero-shot and few-shot in-context learning setups, showing that zero-shot GatherMOS maintains stable performance across diverse conditions, while few-shot guidance yields large gains when support samples match the test conditions. Experiments on the VoiceBank-DEMAND dataset demonstrate that GatherMOS consistently outperforms DNSMOS, VQScore, naive score averaging, and even learning-based models such as CNN-BLSTM and MOS-SSL when trained under limited labeled-data conditions. These results highlight the potential of LLM-based aggregation as a practical strategy for non-intrusive speech quality evaluation.
title Few-Shot and Pseudo-Label Guided Speech Quality Evaluation with Large Language Models
topic Audio and Speech Processing
Sound
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.13528