SIAK - A Game for Foreign Language Pronunciation Learning

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作者
Karhila, Reima [1 ]
Ylinen, Sari [2 ]
Enarvi, Seppo [1 ]
Palomaki, Kalle [1 ]
Nikulin, Aleksander [1 ]
Rantula, Olli [1 ]
Viitanen, Vertti
Dhinakaran, Krupakar [1 ]
Smolander, Anna-Riikka [2 ]
Kallio, Heini [2 ]
Junttila, Katja [2 ]
Uther, Maria [3 ]
Hamalainen, Perttu [1 ]
Kurimo, Mikko [1 ]
机构
[1] Aalto Univ, Helsinki, Finland
[2] Univ Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
[3] Univ Winchester, Winchester, Hants, England
来源
18TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF THE INTERNATIONAL SPEECH COMMUNICATION ASSOCIATION (INTERSPEECH 2017), VOLS 1-6: SITUATED INTERACTION | 2017年
关键词
pronunciation grading; language learning; phonetics; speech analysis;
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TP18 [人工智能理论];
学科分类号
081104 ; 0812 ; 0835 ; 1405 ;
摘要
We introduce a digital game for children's foreign-language learning that uses automatic speech recognition (ASR) for evaluating children's utterances. Our first prototype focuses on the learning of English words and their pronunciation. The game connects to a network server, which handles the recognition and pronunciation grading of children's foreign-language speech. The server is reusable for different applications. Given suitable acoustic models, it can be used for grading pronunciations in any language.
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页码:3429 / 3430
页数:2
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