[AUDITORY] [SSW13] Final Call for Paper (CfP), keynote speakers announcement & submission deadline updates

[Sébastien Le Maguer <sebastien.lemaguer@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

**Apologies for cross-posting**

Dear colleagues,

this is the last Call for Papers for the 13th edition of the Speech Synthesis Workshop (SSW 13) which will take place between 24-26 August 2025 in Leeuwarden, NL.

First, we are delighted to already **announce two keynote speakers**:
- **Alistair Conkie** from Apple
- **Anna-Mari Wallenberg** from the University of Helsinki

We also **updated the submission deadlines**. The new deadlines are now (time is 23:59 Anywhere on Earth (AoE)):
- **April 6, 2025: Initial submission deadline**
- April 20, 2025: Full paper deadline (*Except for the authors*, all information can be updated until this date)

This year's theme is **Scaling down: Sustainable synthesis for language diversity**

SSW13 focuses on making speech synthesis more accessible for the world's languages. We encourage submissions addressing:

- Data-efficient methods for low-resource languages
- Computationally sustainable approaches
- Cross-lingual transfer learning
- Language-specific challenges in TTS

= Key Information =

- Paper Format: Up to 6 pages including references using the Interspeech 2025 template
- Review Process: Double-blind peer review
- Presentation format: Oral and poster sessions
- Virtual Participation:  None, in-person only

= Important Dates =

For all the deadlines, the time is 23:59 Anywhere on Earth (AoE)

- **April 6, 2025: Initial submission deadline**
- April 20, 2025: Full paper deadline (*Except for the authors*, all information can be updated)
- June 21, 2025: Notification of acceptance
- July 04, 2025: Camera-ready deadline
- August 17-22, 2025: Interspeech (Rotterdam)
- August 24-26, 2025: SSW13 (Leeuwarden)

We look forward to welcoming you in Leeuwarden!

The SSW13 Organising committee

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Sébastien Le Maguer - Department of Digital Humanities - University of Helsinki
website: <http://seblemaguer.github.io/>