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SpeechGym Enables Audio-Native Training for Voice Agents via Reinforcement Learning

SpeechGym is a new framework that trains voice agents entirely through speech using reinforcement learning, avoiding reliance on text-based methods or costly proprietary APIs. It allows gradients to flow and supports on-policy learning, improving voice agent performance in multi-turn spoken dialogu...

Source: arXiv · arxiv.org Published 2026-08-26T22:16:05+00:00 Detected 2026-08-28T05:20:21+00:00
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SpeechGym is a new framework that trains voice agents entirely through speech using reinforcement learning, avoiding reliance on text-based methods or costly proprietary APIs. It allows gradients to flow and supports on-policy learning, improving voice agent performance in multi-turn spoken dialogu...

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Voice agents must call tools and hold multi-turn dialogue entirely through speech, yet the dominant paradigm trains them in text. Existing frameworks either cascade TTS and ASR around a proprietary voice API, where gradients cannot flow and per-call cost makes on-policy reinforcement learning prohibitive, or stay...

Current voice agent training methods either depend on text or expensive, non-differentiable APIs, limiting their ability to improve through reinforcement learning. SpeechGym's audio-native approach offers a more direct and efficient way to train voice agents in realistic spoken interactions.

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