Ya-Ya language box - A portable device for English pronunciation training with speech recognition technologies

9th European Conference on Speech Communication and Technology

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 169-172

  Chou, Fu Chiang ^a  

^a MING CHUAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED LANGUAGE TRANSLATION; ERROR DETECTION; FORMAL LANGUAGES; PORTABLE EQUIPMENT; SPEECH SYNTHESIS; STUDENTS;

ENGLISH PRONUNCIATION LEARNING; LANGUAGE LEARNING; PRONUNCIATION TRAINING; YA-YA LANGUAGE BOX;

SPEECH RECOGNITION;

EID: 33745209480     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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