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

Automatic Pronunciation Grading for Dutch

Catia Cucchiarini, Helmer Strik, Lou Boves

A2RT, Dept. of Language & Speech, University of Nijmegen, The Netherlands

The aim of the research reported on here is to develop a system for automatic assessment of foreign speakers' pronunciation of Dutch. In this paper, special attention is paid to expert ratings of pronunciation, because they are used as a reference to validate the pronunciation scores obtained automatically. It is shown that the ratings can differ between raters and rater groups and it is concluded that these differences should be taken into consideration before going on to develop an automatic system for pronunciation grading.

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Bibliographic reference.  Cucchiarini, Catia / Strik, Helmer / Boves, Lou (1998): "Automatic pronunciation grading for dutch", In STiLL-1998, 95-98.