Wizard-of-Oz test of ARTUR - A computer-based speech training system with articulation correction

ASSETS 2005 - The Seventh International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 36-43

  Bälter, Olle ^a   Engwall, Olov ^a   Öster, Anne Marie ^a   Kjellström, Hedvig ^a  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Computer based speech training system; User interface; Wizard of Oz

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER APPLICATIONS; FORMAL LANGUAGES; HANDICAPPED PERSONS; HUMAN ENGINEERING; PERSONNEL TRAINING; SPEECH SYNTHESIS; USER INTERFACES;

ARTICULATION CORRECTION; COMPUTER-BASED SPEECH TRAINING SYSTEM; MISPRONUNCIATIONS; WIZARD-OF-OZ;

SPEECH PROCESSING;

EID: 32344446679     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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