Dear Colleagues, If you are interested in speech synthesis and translation, we are organizing the *Cross-Lingual Voice Cloning Track at IWSLT 2026*. This shared task addresses one of the most challenging areas in speech technology, cloning a speaker's voice across different languages.
*The Challenge:* Given a small set of audio samples from a speaker in a source language, the task is to synthesize natural-sounding speech for unseen content in a target language, while preserving the speaker's voice characteristics. Why does this matter? Voice cloning is beneficial in multiple domains: - Speaker Standardization: Streamlining voices in speech systems efficiently without recording everything from scratch - Education: Creating age-appropriate, culturally relevant voice experiences - Accessibility: Personalizing assistive communication tools *Important dates:* 1st April 2026 Release of blind test data 15th April 2026 System submission deadline 24th April 2026 System paper submission deadline *Task details:* https://iwslt.org/2026/voice-cloning If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me. Looking forward to your participation! Best regards, Yasmin Moslem <https://www.linkedin.com/in/yasmin-moslem/>
