A Self-Transcribing Speech Corpus: Collecting Continuous Speech with an Online Educational Game

Speech and Language Technology in Education, SLaTE 2009

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 109-112

  Gruenstein, Alexander ^a   McGraw, Ian ^a   Sutherland, Andrew ^a,b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b Quizletcom   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

E-LEARNING;

ACOUSTIC MODEL ADAPTATION; AMAZON'S MECHANICAL TURKS; CONTINUOUS SPEECH; EDUCATIONAL GAME; FILTERING TECHNIQUE; SPEECH CORPORA; SPEECH DATA;

SPEECH RECOGNITION;

EID: 85133171618     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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