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Zero-training speech integration preserves vision-language ability

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Adding discrete speech tokens to a frozen vision‑language backbone instantly yields functional audio understanding without any gradient updates. “Training‑Free Omni (TFO), a plug-and‑play framework that converts a frozen VLM into a speech‑centric omni model without architectural modification, or mu…

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  1. 2026-09-17 05:00 · DEV Community — Machine Learning
    Zero-training speech integration preserves vision-language ability

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