STiLL - Speech Technology in Language Learning May 25-27, 1998 Marholmen, Sweden

An Interactive Dialog System for Learning Japanese

Jim Meador (1), Farzad Ehsani (1), Kathleen Egan (2), Steve Stokowski (2)

(1) Entropic, Inc., Washington DC, USA; (2) Federal Language Training Laboratory, USA

Subarashii is a system that uses automatic speech recognition (ASR) to offer computer-based exercises in the Japanese language. The goal of the project has been to demonstrate new approaches to teaching language using ASR, and to explore the technical, pedagogical, human-interface, and practical problems that need to be addressed to make such material useful. In this paper we describe the most recent additions and changes to the system, and report on the results of user testing.

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Bibliographic reference.  Meador, Jim / Ehsani, Farzad / Egan, Kathleen / Stokowski, Steve (1998): "An interactive dialog system for learning Japanese", In STiLL-1998, 65-68.