ISCSLP 2026 challenge

CoT-TTS: Chain-of-Thought Reasoning for Context-Aware Text-to-Speech

Build TTS systems that reason from dialogue context, explain the intended speaking manner, and synthesize expressive, speaker-consistent speech.

Website launch: June 20, 2026 Registration deadline: July 4, 2026 System submission deadline: July 25, 2026
ISCSLP 2026 Penang, Malaysia
Conference Dates Nov 14-17, 2026
Challenge Session 2 Hours
Format In-person Session

Registration

Register Before Your First Submission

Team registration is handled through a Google Form. Use it to record your team name, contact details, and participation intent so we can send challenge updates and match later submissions to the correct team. The registration deadline is July 4, 2026.

Team Information Primary Contact Affiliation Track Planning

Conference overview

Challenge Session at ISCSLP 2026

The challenge session will be held as an in-person event at ISCSLP 2026 in Penang, Malaysia. It is expected to take place during the main technical program on November 14-16, 2026. The exact session date, time, and room will be announced later.

Agenda 120 Minutes

Two-Hour Session Schedule

Opening Remarks and Challenge Overview
Dataset and Baseline Introduction
Evaluation Protocol and Results Summary
Champion Sharing / Oral Presentations
Panel Discussion
Audience Q&A
Award Ceremony and Closing Remarks
Session info To be announced

Meeting Information

ConferenceISCSLP 2026
LocationPenang, Malaysia
Conference DatesNovember 14-17, 2026
Challenge Session DateTo be announced
TimeTo be announced
RoomTo be announced
FormatIn-person challenge session
Website Launch June 20, 2026
Dataset & Baseline Release June 20, 2026
System Submission Deadline July 25, 2026
Paper Submission Deadline August 3, 2026
Final Ranking August 26-30, 2026
Conference Nov 14-17, 2026