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Text-only adaptation in LLM-based ASR through text denoising

Andrés Carofilis, Sergio Burdisso, Esaú Villatoro-Tello, Shashi Kumar, Kadri Hacioglu, Srikanth Madikeri, Pradeep Rangappa, Manjunath K E, Petr Motlicek, Shankar Venkatesan, Andreas Stolcke · Jan 28, 2026 · Citations: 0

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Evidence quality

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Abstract

Adapting large language model (LLM)-based automatic speech recognition (ASR) systems to new domains using text-only data is a significant yet underexplored challenge. Standard fine-tuning of the LLM on the target domain text often disrupts the critical alignment between the speech and text modality learned by the projector, degrading performance. We introduce a novel text-only adaptation method that frames this process as a text denoising task. Our approach trains the LLM to recover clean transcripts from noisy inputs. This process effectively adapts the model to a target domain while preserving cross-modal alignment. Our solution is lightweight, requiring no architectural changes or additional parameters. Extensive evaluation on two datasets demonstrates up to 22.1% relative improvement, outperforming recent state-of-the-art text-only adaptation methods.

Abstract-only analysis — low confidence

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  • The available metadata is too thin to trust this as a primary source.

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Main weakness

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Trust level

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Usefulness score

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Human Feedback Signal

Not explicit in abstract metadata

Evaluation Signal

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Usefulness for eval research

Adjacent candidate

Extraction confidence 35%

What We Could Verify

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Human Feedback Types

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None explicit

No explicit feedback protocol extracted.

"Adapting large language model (LLM)-based automatic speech recognition (ASR) systems to new domains using text-only data is a significant yet underexplored challenge."

Evaluation Modes

partial

Automatic Metrics

Includes extracted eval setup.

"Adapting large language model (LLM)-based automatic speech recognition (ASR) systems to new domains using text-only data is a significant yet underexplored challenge."

Quality Controls

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No explicit QC controls found.

"Adapting large language model (LLM)-based automatic speech recognition (ASR) systems to new domains using text-only data is a significant yet underexplored challenge."

Benchmarks / Datasets

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No benchmark anchors detected.

"Adapting large language model (LLM)-based automatic speech recognition (ASR) systems to new domains using text-only data is a significant yet underexplored challenge."

Reported Metrics

partial

Jailbreak success rate

Useful for evaluation criteria comparison.

"Adapting large language model (LLM)-based automatic speech recognition (ASR) systems to new domains using text-only data is a significant yet underexplored challenge."

Human Feedback Details

  • Uses human feedback: No
  • Feedback types: None
  • Rater population: Not reported
  • Expertise required: General

Evaluation Details

  • Evaluation modes: Automatic Metrics
  • Agentic eval: None
  • Quality controls: Not reported
  • Evidence quality: Low
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Protocol And Measurement Signals

Benchmarks / Datasets

No benchmark or dataset names were extracted from the available abstract.

Reported Metrics

jailbreak success rate

Research Brief

Metadata summary

Adapting large language model (LLM)-based automatic speech recognition (ASR) systems to new domains using text-only data is a significant yet underexplored challenge.

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Key Takeaways

  • Adapting large language model (LLM)-based automatic speech recognition (ASR) systems to new domains using text-only data is a significant yet underexplored challenge.
  • Standard fine-tuning of the LLM on the target domain text often disrupts the critical alignment between the speech and text modality learned by the projector, degrading performance.
  • We introduce a novel text-only adaptation method that frames this process as a text denoising task.

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Research Summary

Contribution Summary

  • We introduce a novel text-only adaptation method that frames this process as a text denoising task.
  • Extensive evaluation on two datasets demonstrates up to 22.1% relative improvement, outperforming recent state-of-the-art text-only adaptation methods.

Why It Matters For Eval

  • Extensive evaluation on two datasets demonstrates up to 22.1% relative improvement, outperforming recent state-of-the-art text-only adaptation methods.

Researcher Checklist

  • Gap: Human feedback protocol is explicit

    No explicit human feedback protocol detected.

  • Pass: Evaluation mode is explicit

    Detected: Automatic Metrics

  • Gap: Quality control reporting appears

    No calibration/adjudication/IAA control explicitly detected.

  • Gap: Benchmark or dataset anchors are present

    No benchmark/dataset anchor extracted from abstract.

  • Pass: Metric reporting is present

    Detected: jailbreak success rate

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