Switch-Point Prosody: Why AI Voices Break Where Pakistani Ads Switch Languages

Thank you, Kartik! Glad the Hindi-English parallel resonates — the stress-reset pattern you describe matches exactly what we measured at Urdu-English switch points. Honest answer on the corpus: it doesn't exist yet — the paper is a proposal with a 3-phase protocol; the 50-script annotated corpus gets built in Phase 1 and ABX testing runs in Phase 2. But yes, the plan is to release it openly (CC BY) alongside the ABX results so others can replicate and extend to Hindi-English and beyond. Would love to compare notes if you're working on Hindi-English TTS!

Thank you! You captured the core insight perfectly — prosody at switch points is about cultural rhythm, not just phonemes. And yes, linking it to purchase intent was deliberate: if the voice breaks trust at the switch, the ad fails regardless of synthesis quality. Curious how Oglas AI handles code-switched content in your work!