Speech technology in call: The essential role of adaptation

Communications in Computer and Information Science

Volumn 126 CCIS, Issue , 2011, Pages 56-69

  Van Doremalen, Joost ^a   Strik, Helmer ^a   Cucchiarini, Catia ^a  

^a Centre for Language and Speech Technology   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

adaptation; Automatic Speech Recognition (ASR); Computer Assisted Language Learning (CALL); error detection; feedback; pronunciation

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; AUTOMATIC SPEECH RECOGNITION; COMPUTER ASSISTED LANGUAGE LEARNING; COMPUTER ASSISTED LANGUAGE LEARNING (CALL); PRONUNCIATION; SPEECH TECHNOLOGY;

COMPUTER AIDED INSTRUCTION; ENGINEERING EDUCATION; ERROR DETECTION; FEEDBACK; LINGUISTICS; SPEECH COMMUNICATION; TECHNOLOGY;

SPEECH RECOGNITION;

EID: 80053101718     PISSN: 18650929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-20074-8_5     Document Type: Conference Paper

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