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Vail Research

Unlock Cutting-Edge AI/ML Research for Enterprise Voice Tech

We investigate and innovate solutions to complex challenges in speaker recognition, liveness detection, and AI—empowering enterprise contact centers to deliver smarter, more secure customer experiences.

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Bridging the Language Gap Between Humans, AI, and Enterprises

We're advancing AI research in linguistics and systems to develop scalable solutions that excel in real-world complexity. Our advanced models help businesses enhance CX, improve automation, and bolster defenses against identity fraud.

Explore research breakthroughs advancing natural language understanding, voice biometrics, and transcription accuracy at scale.

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Enter the Next Era of ASR and LLMs

Explore research breakthroughs advancing natural language understanding, voice biometrics, and transcription accuracy at scale.

Industry Leadership

Addressing AI-Driven Threats to Telecom: Insights from FCC's CSRIC IX Panel

AI/ML can reshape telecommunication networks, but it also introduces complex security risks. To address this, the U.S. FCC chartered a working group under the 9th CSRIC. Co-chaired by Vail's Chief Data Scientist Dr. Vijay K. Gurbani, the group assesses AI/ML's impact on threat surfaces and recommends defenses for the nation's communications networks.

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Voice Security

Better Spoof Detection for Synthetic Voices

Voices can be cloned with just 30 seconds of audio, creating challenges for systems and agents to distinguish real from fake. Our advanced model quickly adapts to new voices and changing conditions—even with limited training data—providing businesses with more reliable protection against AI-driven voice fraud.

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Our Focus Areas

Vail Research investigates and innovates solutions to complex challenges in speaker recognition, liveness detection, and AI—empowering enterprise contact centers to deliver smarter, more secure customer experiences.

Custom ASR

Custom ASR models designed for your specific domain or application.

Conversational AI

Human-like virtual agents that understand and resolve customer needs.

Insights & Automation

Surface insights, automate workflows, and drive better decision-making.

From Research to Real World

Featured papers that turn lab breakthroughs into practical gains for enterprise voice systems.

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LLM Selection: Improving ASR Transcript Quality via Zero-Shot Prompting

ASR systems often struggle to accurately transcribe audio, especially in noisy environments. By leveraging LLMs, we select the optimal ASR output, reducing word error rates and improving transcription quality.

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Sparse Autoencoder Insights on Voice Embeddings

Using sparse autoencoders (SAEs), we uncover hidden features in audio data to enhance speech recognition and voice authentication systems, enabling businesses to break down complex data into insights.

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A Low Latency Technique for Speaker Detection from a Large Negative List

Traditional systems have difficulty differentiating speakers in group settings. Our new technique increases speed and accuracy of multi-speaker detection—enabling better voice biometrics, diarization, and forensics.

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Vail's AI/ML research focuses on solving complex challenges in enterprise voice technology, including automatic speech recognition (ASR), speaker recognition, liveness detection, conversational AI, and large language models (LLMs). Our research helps organizations build more accurate, secure, and intelligent customer communication experiences.
Vail develops advanced AI and machine learning solutions that improve voice accuracy, automation, and security in real-world environments. Research areas include enhancing transcription quality, detecting synthetic voices, improving voice authentication, and enabling more natural AI-powered customer interactions.
Bespoke automatic speech recognition (ASR) models are customized speech models trained for specific industries, applications, or business terminology. By adapting models to unique language patterns and use cases, organizations can improve transcription accuracy, reduce errors, and create more effective voice experiences.
Vail researches how large language models and AI agents can improve customer interactions through better natural language understanding, automation, and decision-making. Our work explores how LLMs can help contact centers deliver more personalized, efficient, and intelligent experiences.
Vail researches technologies that help protect voice communications from emerging threats such as synthetic voice fraud and identity-based attacks. Our work in speaker recognition and liveness detection helps organizations improve authentication and distinguish real voices from AI-generated ones.
Vail combines research expertise with decades of telecommunications engineering experience to develop practical solutions for enterprise environments. Our teams evaluate emerging AI technologies and apply them to real-world challenges in customer experience, automation, and communication security.
Vail shares research findings through published papers, reports, presentations, and industry events. Explore our research library to learn about advancements in voice AI, ASR, LLMs, speaker recognition, and enterprise communication technologies.

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