This paper describes a multimedia system for explicit second language pronunciation training using automatic speech recognition technology. The system has been provisionally named HearSay. The term 'explicit' is used in the description because the system includes training curricula designed for specific native/target language pairs. In the design of these curricula, phonological error analyses were conducted to discover the inventories of segmental errors typically made by speakers of a given native language when speaking a particular target language. The methods used in compiling these inventories, and for evaluating candidate automatic speech recognition technologies for the system will be described. Assumptions about effective speech intelligibility training that underlie the major design features of the system will be discussed.
Cite as: Dalby, J., Kewley-Port, D., Sillings, R. (1998) Language-specific pronunciation training using the hearsay system. Proc. ETRW on Speech Technology in Language Learning (STiLL), 25-28
@inproceedings{dalby98_still,
author={Jonathan Dalby and Diane Kewley-Port and Roy Sillings},
title={{Language-specific pronunciation training using the hearsay system}},
year=1998,
booktitle={Proc. ETRW on Speech Technology in Language Learning (STiLL)},
pages={25--28}
}