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A Novel Automatic Framework for Speaker Drift Detection in Synthesized Speech

Evangelos Kanoulas, Hongyi Zhu, Jia-Hong Huang, Prayag Tiwari, Seulgi Kim, Stevan Rudinac, Yi Chieh Liu, Yixian Shen

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keywords speaker driftsynthesized speechtext-to-speechcosine similaritylarge language modelsbinary classificationspeech embeddingsbenchmark dataset

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Speaker drift in synthesized speech is detected automatically by computing cosine similarities across overlapping segments and prompting large language models to classify consistency.

A machine-rendered reading of the paper's core claim, the machinery that carries it, and where it could break.

The paper establishes the first automatic framework for identifying speaker drift, a gradual shift in perceived speaker identity within a single utterance of text-to-speech output. This matters for maintaining coherence in long-form or interactive synthetic speech applications where drift currently goes unnoticed. Detection is cast as a binary classification task on utterance-level speaker consistency. Cosine similarity is measured between speaker embeddings from overlapping segments, and the resulting values are structured as input for large language models to decide whether drift occurred. A new benchmark dataset with human-validated annotations allows evaluation, and experiments confirm that the pipeline functions with multiple state-of-the-art models while speaker embeddings show geometric clustering on the unit sphere.

Core claim

Speaker drift detection is formulated as a binary classification task over utterance-level speaker consistency. Cosine similarity is computed across overlapping segments of synthesized speech, and these structured representations are supplied to large language models to assess whether drift is present. Theoretical guarantees are supplied for the cosine-based detection step, and speaker embeddings are shown to exhibit meaningful geometric clustering on the unit sphere. A high-quality synthetic benchmark with human-validated drift annotations supports systematic evaluation, and experiments demonstrate the viability of the overall embedding-to-reasoning pipeline across several large language模型.

What carries the argument

The embedding-to-reasoning pipeline that extracts speaker embeddings from overlapping segments, computes their cosine similarities, structures the results, and prompts large language models to classify the presence of drift.

If this is right

Long-form synthesized speech can be scanned automatically for internal consistency without requiring human listeners.
Geometric clustering of embeddings on the unit sphere supplies a foundation for further signal-analysis approaches to drift.
The pipeline can be inserted into existing text-to-speech systems as a post-generation quality check.
Standardized benchmarks now exist for comparing alternative drift detection methods.

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These are editorial extensions of the paper, not claims the author makes directly.

The same segment-wise comparison plus reasoning structure could be tested on detecting other gradual inconsistencies such as prosody or emotion drift.
Replacing the large language model step with a smaller classifier trained on the benchmark might enable real-time drift monitoring during synthesis.
The observed unit-sphere clustering raises the possibility that drift thresholds could be derived directly from embedding geometry without external models.

Load-bearing premise

Cosine similarity between speaker embeddings from overlapping segments reliably tracks human perception of gradual shifts in speaker identity.

What would settle it

Run the framework on the human-annotated benchmark and measure whether its binary classifications match the human drift labels at a rate significantly above random guessing; systematic mismatch would falsify the detection claim.

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Recent diffusion-based text-to-speech (TTS) models achieve high naturalness and expressiveness, yet often suffer from speaker drift, a subtle, gradual shift in perceived speaker identity within a single utterance. This underexplored phenomenon undermines the coherence of synthetic speech, especially in long-form or interactive settings. We introduce the first automatic framework for detecting speaker drift by formulating it as a binary classification task over utterance-level speaker consistency. Our method computes cosine similarity across overlapping segments of synthesized speech and prompts large language models (LLMs) with structured representations to assess drift. We provide theoretical guarantees for cosine-based drift detection and demonstrate that speaker embeddings exhibit meaningful geometric clustering on the unit sphere. To support evaluation, we construct a high-quality synthetic benchmark with human-validated speaker drift annotations. Experiments with multiple state-of-the-art LLMs confirm the viability of this embedding-to-reasoning pipeline. Our work establishes speaker drift as a standalone research problem and bridges geometric signal analysis with LLM-based perceptual reasoning in modern TTS.

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The paper frames speaker drift as a standalone detection task in TTS with an embedding-plus-LLM pipeline and a new human-annotated benchmark, but the evidence tying cosine similarities to actual human perception of drift is missing.

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The main thing to know is that this work treats speaker drift in synthesized speech as its own binary classification problem rather than a side effect of general quality metrics. It proposes computing cosine similarities on overlapping segments of an utterance, feeding structured versions of those scores to LLMs for judgment, and supplies a fresh benchmark with human drift labels to test it on. That combination and the benchmark are the concrete new pieces.

Referee Report

3 major / 2 minor

Summary. The paper introduces the first automatic framework for detecting speaker drift in synthesized speech from diffusion-based TTS models. It formulates speaker drift detection as a binary classification task over utterance-level speaker consistency, computes cosine similarity across overlapping segments of speaker embeddings, and prompts LLMs with structured representations (e.g., similarity matrices) to classify drift. The manuscript claims theoretical guarantees for the cosine-based approach, demonstrates geometric clustering of embeddings on the unit sphere, constructs a human-validated synthetic benchmark, and reports experiments with multiple state-of-the-art LLMs confirming the viability of the embedding-to-reasoning pipeline.

Significance. If the central claims hold after addressing the gaps, this would be a moderately significant contribution by establishing speaker drift as a distinct research problem in TTS and by proposing a hybrid geometric-LLM pipeline that could improve coherence in long-form synthetic speech. The benchmark dataset construction is a positive step, but the overall impact is limited by the current lack of detailed validation and supporting analysis for the key assumptions.

major comments (3)

[Abstract and theoretical analysis section] Abstract and theoretical analysis section: The manuscript asserts 'theoretical guarantees for cosine-based drift detection' without providing any derivation details, formal proofs, error bounds, or analysis of assumptions (e.g., how overlap affects the similarity metric). This is load-bearing for the central claim of a reliable automatic framework.
[Benchmark construction and evaluation section] Benchmark construction and evaluation section: Human validation of the synthetic dataset is mentioned but without process specifics, inter-annotator agreement, or any reported correlation metrics between cosine similarity scores and human drift annotations. This leaves unverified the key assumption that cosine similarity on overlapping segments serves as a reliable proxy for human-perceived gradual speaker drift.
[Experiments section] Experiments section: No benchmark statistics, error analysis, ablation studies on pipeline components (cosine vs. LLM), or quantitative results on how well the geometric scores align with annotations are provided, despite claims of experimental validation with multiple LLMs. This undermines assessment of the method's robustness.

minor comments (2)

[Method section] The description of 'structured representations' passed to the LLMs would benefit from a concrete example or figure to clarify the input format.
[Method section] Notation for speaker embeddings and segment overlap could be defined more explicitly at first use to improve readability.

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We thank the referee for their constructive and detailed feedback. We address each major comment below and will revise the manuscript to incorporate the suggested improvements for greater rigor and transparency.

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Referee: [Abstract and theoretical analysis section] Abstract and theoretical analysis section: The manuscript asserts 'theoretical guarantees for cosine-based drift detection' without providing any derivation details, formal proofs, error bounds, or analysis of assumptions (e.g., how overlap affects the similarity metric). This is load-bearing for the central claim of a reliable automatic framework.

Authors: We agree that the theoretical analysis section requires expansion to fully substantiate the claims. The current manuscript provides an overview of the geometric clustering on the unit sphere and the motivation for cosine similarity but omits detailed derivations. In the revised version, we will add a dedicated subsection containing formal proofs for the cosine-based drift detection, including the underlying assumptions, error bounds, and an analysis of how segment overlap influences the similarity metric. This will strengthen the load-bearing theoretical component of the framework. revision: yes
Referee: [Benchmark construction and evaluation section] Benchmark construction and evaluation section: Human validation of the synthetic dataset is mentioned but without process specifics, inter-annotator agreement, or any reported correlation metrics between cosine similarity scores and human drift annotations. This leaves unverified the key assumption that cosine similarity on overlapping segments serves as a reliable proxy for human-perceived gradual speaker drift.

Authors: We acknowledge that additional details on the human validation process are necessary to verify the proxy assumption. The revised manuscript will include specifics on the annotation protocol (e.g., guidelines provided to annotators, number of annotators involved), inter-annotator agreement metrics (such as Fleiss' kappa), and correlation analyses (e.g., Pearson or Spearman coefficients) between the cosine similarity scores and the human drift annotations. These additions will directly address the verification of the key assumption. revision: yes
Referee: [Experiments section] Experiments section: No benchmark statistics, error analysis, ablation studies on pipeline components (cosine vs. LLM), or quantitative results on how well the geometric scores align with annotations are provided, despite claims of experimental validation with multiple LLMs. This undermines assessment of the method's robustness.

Authors: We agree that the experiments section would benefit from more comprehensive reporting to demonstrate robustness. In the revision, we will add benchmark statistics (including dataset size and drift distribution), error analysis, ablation studies isolating the cosine similarity component versus the full LLM pipeline, and quantitative metrics evaluating the alignment between geometric scores and human annotations. These enhancements will provide a clearer assessment of the method's performance and reliability across the tested LLMs. revision: yes

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No significant circularity; derivation uses external metrics and independent validation

full rationale

The paper formulates speaker drift detection as binary classification using cosine similarity on speaker embeddings from overlapping segments, followed by LLM prompting on structured representations. These components rely on standard, externally defined tools (cosine similarity, pre-trained embeddings, LLMs) rather than self-defined quantities or fitted parameters renamed as predictions. The claimed theoretical guarantees for cosine-based detection and geometric clustering demonstration do not reduce to the inputs by construction, as they are presented as properties on the unit sphere. The human-validated benchmark provides separate evaluation data. No self-citation chains, uniqueness theorems from authors, or ansatz smuggling appear load-bearing. The central pipeline remains self-contained against external benchmarks.

Axiom & Free-Parameter Ledger

0 free parameters · 1 axioms · 0 invented entities

The framework rests on the domain assumption that speaker embeddings form geometrically meaningful clusters on the unit sphere and that cosine similarity serves as a proxy for perceptual consistency; no free parameters or invented entities are explicitly introduced in the abstract.

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domain assumption Speaker embeddings exhibit meaningful geometric clustering on the unit sphere
Stated as demonstrated in the abstract; used to support cosine-based detection

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INTRODUCTION Recent progress in text-to-speech (TTS) synthesis, particu- larly with diffusion-based models, has significantly enhanced the naturalness, expressiveness, and controllability of gen- erated speech [1–19]. These models can synthesize long- form utterances with high perceptual fidelity, supporting ap- plications such as personalized virtual ass...

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DATASET CONSTRUCTION 2.1 Overview To systematically study the speaker drift phenomenon in synthetic speech, we construct a benchmark dataset designed for binary classification, determining whether a speaker’s identity remains consistent or shifts within a given utterance. Reflecting real-world scenarios where speaker consistency is crucial, the dataset fe...
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METHOD 3.1 Problem Formulation Given a speech utterancex(t), divided into three contigu- ous segments(s 1, s2, s3)of equal duration, the goal is to de- tect whether the speaker identity remains consistent through- out or experiences a drift at one or more boundaries. We for- malize the task as a binary classification problem. Let the labely∈ {0,1}, wherey...
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EXPERIMENTS 4.1 Experimental Setup Dataset and Evaluation.We use the dataset described in Section III, consisting of 128 samples, 64 with speaker drift and 64 without, synthesized from 384 high-quality utterances by different speakers and verified by human annotators. Each sample is 9 to 40 seconds long. For evaluation, we report ac- curacy and F1 score. ...
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Our method bridges low-level acoustic embeddings with high-level evaluation and is supported by a new bench- mark dataset with human-verified annotations

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