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Approach: They propose to use interpolation augmentation to construct virtual training samples by transforming inputs and labels to enhance generalization in other domains.
Outcome: The proposed approach significantly improves performance across diverse tasks, architectures, and data scales, offering a promising avenue for more robust S2T systems in resource-constrained settings.

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