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View article: Improving Child Speech Recognition and Reading Mistake Detection by Using Prompts
Improving Child Speech Recognition and Reading Mistake Detection by Using Prompts Open
Automatic reading aloud evaluation can provide valuable support to teachers by enabling more efficient scoring of reading exercises. However, research on reading evaluation systems and applications remains limited. We present a novel multi…
View article: Enhancing GOP in CTC-Based Mispronunciation Detection with Phonological Knowledge
Enhancing GOP in CTC-Based Mispronunciation Detection with Phonological Knowledge Open
Computer-Assisted Pronunciation Training (CAPT) systems employ automatic measures of pronunciation quality, such as the goodness of pronunciation (GOP) metric. GOP relies on forced alignments, which are prone to labeling and segmentation e…
View article: Evaluating Logit-Based GOP Scores for Mispronunciation Detection
Evaluating Logit-Based GOP Scores for Mispronunciation Detection Open
Pronunciation assessment relies on goodness of pronunciation (GOP) scores, traditionally derived from softmax-based posterior probabilities. However, posterior probabilities may suffer from overconfidence and poor phoneme separation, limit…
View article: Learning to read in first grade through a reading tutor that employs automatic speech recognition
Learning to read in first grade through a reading tutor that employs automatic speech recognition Open
Learning to read is an essential part of children’s overall development, and crucial in engaging them in our knowledge society. In this study, we investigated the effectiveness of two feedback conditions—explicit and implicit—on reading ac…
View article: Predicting accentedness and comprehensibility through ASR scores and acoustic features
Predicting accentedness and comprehensibility through ASR scores and acoustic features Open
View article: Reading Accuracy Assessment in First Graders: Comparing Assessments by Teachers and Machines
Reading Accuracy Assessment in First Graders: Comparing Assessments by Teachers and Machines Open
View article: Reading Miscue Detection in Primary School through Automatic Speech Recognition
Reading Miscue Detection in Primary School through Automatic Speech Recognition Open
Automatic reading diagnosis systems can benefit both teachers for more efficient scoring of reading exercises and students for accessing reading exercises with feedback more easily. However, there are limited studies on Automatic Speech Re…
View article: <i>I Can Speak</i> : improving English pronunciation through automatic speech recognition-based language learning systems
<i>I Can Speak</i> : improving English pronunciation through automatic speech recognition-based language learning systems Open
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View article: Automatic Speech Recognition of Non-Native Child Speech for Language Learning Applications
Automatic Speech Recognition of Non-Native Child Speech for Language Learning Applications Open
Voicebots have provided a new avenue for supporting the development of language skills, particularly within the context of second language learning. Voicebots, though, have largely been geared towards native adult speakers. We sought to as…
View article: Automatic Assessment of Oral Reading Accuracy for Reading Diagnostics
Automatic Assessment of Oral Reading Accuracy for Reading Diagnostics Open
Automatic assessment of reading fluency using automatic speech recognition (ASR) holds great potential for early detection of reading difficulties and subsequent timely intervention. Precise assessment tools are required, especially for la…
View article: Alzheimer Disease Classification through ASR-based Transcriptions: Exploring the Impact of Punctuation and Pauses
Alzheimer Disease Classification through ASR-based Transcriptions: Exploring the Impact of Punctuation and Pauses Open
Alzheimer's Disease (AD) is the world's leading neurodegenerative disease, which often results in communication difficulties. Analysing speech can serve as a diagnostic tool for identifying the condition. The recent ADReSS challenge provid…
View article: Measuring the intelligibility of dysarthric speech through automatic speech recognition in a pluricentric language
Measuring the intelligibility of dysarthric speech through automatic speech recognition in a pluricentric language Open
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View article: Assessing speech intelligibility of pathological speech in sentences and word lists: The contribution of phoneme-level measures
Assessing speech intelligibility of pathological speech in sentences and word lists: The contribution of phoneme-level measures Open
The results indicate that both types of phoneme-level measures show largely similar reliability and validity in both speech materials. These measures perform better in word lists than in meaningful sentences, suggesting an advantage for us…
View article: Automatic Speech Recognition of Non-Native Child Speech for Language Learning Applications (Short Paper)
Automatic Speech Recognition of Non-Native Child Speech for Language Learning Applications (Short Paper) Open
Voicebots have provided a new avenue for supporting the development of language skills, particularly within the context of second language learning. Voicebots, though, have largely been geared towards native adult speakers. We sought to as…
View article: The Effects of Implicit and Explicit Feedback in an ASR-based Reading Tutor for Dutch First-graders
The Effects of Implicit and Explicit Feedback in an ASR-based Reading Tutor for Dutch First-graders Open
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View article: COVID-19 detection based on respiratory sensing from speech
COVID-19 detection based on respiratory sensing from speech Open
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View article: Mobile-Assisted Pronunciation Training With Adult Esol Learners: Background, Acceptance, Effort, and Accuracy
Mobile-Assisted Pronunciation Training With Adult Esol Learners: Background, Acceptance, Effort, and Accuracy Open
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View article: Automatic Speech Recognition and Pronunciation Error Detection of Dutch Non-native Speech: cumulating speech resources in a pluricentric language
Automatic Speech Recognition and Pronunciation Error Detection of Dutch Non-native Speech: cumulating speech resources in a pluricentric language Open
View article: Multilingual Transfer Learning for Children Automatic Speech Recognition
Multilingual Transfer Learning for Children Automatic Speech Recognition Open
Despite recent advances in automatic speech recognition (ASR), the recognition of children’s speech still remains a significant challenge. This is mainly due to the high acoustic variability and the limited amount of available training dat…
View article: ‘Look, I can speak correctly’: learning vocabulary and pronunciation through websites equipped with automatic speech recognition technology
‘Look, I can speak correctly’: learning vocabulary and pronunciation through websites equipped with automatic speech recognition technology Open
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View article: Detection of COPD Exacerbation from Speech: Comparison of Acoustic Features and Deep Learning Based Speech Breathing Models
Detection of COPD Exacerbation from Speech: Comparison of Acoustic Features and Deep Learning Based Speech Breathing Models Open
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View article: A serious game for speech training in dysarthric speakers with Parkinson's disease: Exploring therapeutic efficacy and patient satisfaction
A serious game for speech training in dysarthric speakers with Parkinson's disease: Exploring therapeutic efficacy and patient satisfaction Open
Background The increasing need for speech therapy due to our ageing population raises the demand on therapeutical resources. To meet this demand, innovative delivery of speech training is required. eHealth applications may provide a soluti…
View article: Detection of Coughing and Respiratory Sensing in Conversational Speech
Detection of Coughing and Respiratory Sensing in Conversational Speech Open
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View article: Assessing speech intelligibility of pathological speech: test types, ratings and transcription measures
Assessing speech intelligibility of pathological speech: test types, ratings and transcription measures Open
Speech intelligibility is an essential though complex construct in speech pathology. In this paper, we investigated the interrater reliability and validity of two types of intelligibility measures: a rating-based measure, through Visual An…
View article: Using feature selection to evaluate pathological speech after training with a serious game
Using feature selection to evaluate pathological speech after training with a serious game Open
To evaluate the effectiveness of speech therapy, speech features before and after treatment can be compared, focussing on those features that changed most during treatment.In the current study acoustic features were automatically extracted…
View article: L2 idiom learning and L1-L2 similarity
L2 idiom learning and L1-L2 similarity Open
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View article: AUTOMATIC SPEECH RECOGNITION TECHNOLOGY AND READING SKILL DEVELOPMENT IN PRIMARY SCHOOL
AUTOMATIC SPEECH RECOGNITION TECHNOLOGY AND READING SKILL DEVELOPMENT IN PRIMARY SCHOOL Open
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View article: Individual word activation and word frequency effects during the processing of opaque idiomatic expressions
Individual word activation and word frequency effects during the processing of opaque idiomatic expressions Open
Idiom processing studies have paid considerable attention to the relationship between idiomatic expressions as a whole and their constituent words. Although most research focused on the semantic properties of the constituent words, their o…
View article: Speech Intelligibility of Dysarthric Speech: Human Scores and Acoustic-Phonetic Features
Speech Intelligibility of Dysarthric Speech: Human Scores and Acoustic-Phonetic Features Open
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View article: On The Relationship Between Speech-Based Breathing Signal Prediction Evaluation Measures and Breathing Parameters Estimation
On The Relationship Between Speech-Based Breathing Signal Prediction Evaluation Measures and Breathing Parameters Estimation Open
The respiratory system is one of the major components of the speech production system. Any alteration in breathing can result in changes in speech. Specific breathing characteristics, such as breathing rate and tidal volume, can indicate a…