Benchmark Finds Full-Duplex Speech Systems Struggle to Follow Turn-Taking Instructions
A new arXiv preprint introduces Instruct-FD, a benchmark designed to test whether full-duplex spoken dialogue systems can reliably follow explicit turn-taking instructions. When evaluated on six leading systems, the highest adherence rate was only 64.4%, with proactive conversational behaviors such as backchanneling and interruption posing particular difficulties. The results suggest that current systems have significant limitations in controllable turn management.
Why it matters: This highlights a key challenge for deploying adaptable full-duplex speech systems in real-world applications where flexible turn-taking is required.
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