The NativeAccentTM pronunciation tutor: measuring success in the real world

Speech and Language Technology in Education, SLaTE 2007

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 124-127

  Eskenazi, Maxine ^a   Kennedy, Angela ^a   Ketchum, Carlton ^a   Olszewski, Robert ^a   Pelton, Garrett ^a  

^a Carnegie Production Co   (United States)

Author keywords

assessment; error detection; pronunciation; tutoring system

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT; AUTOMATIC SPEECH RECOGNITION; COMMERCIAL PRODUCTS; CONTROL GROUPS; PRONUNCIATION; REAL SITUATION; REAL-WORLD; TUTORING SYSTEM;

SPEECH RECOGNITION;

EID: 78649249961     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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