Interactive computer aids for acquiring proficiency in Mandarin

Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)

Volumn 4274 LNAI, Issue , 2006, Pages 1-12

  Seneff, Stephanie ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONVERSATIONAL INTERACTION; DIALOGUE SYSTEMS; DIFFERENT DOMAINS; FOREIGN LANGUAGE; HIGH QUALITY; NON-NATIVE SPEAKERS; POTENTIAL SOLUTIONS; PRACTICAL METHOD; RESEARCH ISSUES; ROLE PLAY; RUNNING-IN; SPOKEN DIALOGUE; SPOKEN DIALOGUE SYSTEM; SPOKEN LANGUAGE TRANSLATION; WEB PAGE;

COMPUTER AIDED INSTRUCTION; LINGUISTICS; SOFTWARE AGENTS; SPEECH PROCESSING;

TRANSLATION (LANGUAGES);

EID: 77249091212     PISSN: 03029743     EISSN: 16113349     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/11939993_1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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