Dear Colleagues,

In the contemporary digital age, audio and speech recognition have assumed paramount significance, serving as linchpins for seamless interactions between smart devices and humans. Concurrently, the digital music industry, predominantly driven by streaming services, has burgeoned into a multibillion-dollar enterprise annually. Against this backdrop, our esteemed journal proudly presents the "Audio and Speech Processing" section, which serves as an exhaustive platform. Within this section, an expansive array of pioneering research domains is explored, encompassing Audio Signal Processing, Speech Recognition, Voice Synthesis, Acoustic Scene Analysis, Text-to-Speech (TTS) technologies, Audio Datasets, Voice Cloning, Music Processing, Affective Computing, and Multimodal Representation. This section is committed to the comprehensive examination of the latest developments, applications, and breakthroughs in these multifaceted disciplines. It beckons researchers and practitioners to contribute to the ongoing discourse, fostering collaborative knowledge exchange and innovation.

This section is committed to exploring the latest developments and applications in each of these fields. Researchers and practitioners are encouraged to contribute to the ongoing discourse on these transformative technologies, fostering collaboration and knowledge exchange.

We look forward to receiving your contributions.

Dr. Yagya Raj Pandeya

Section Editor