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ICASSP
2011
IEEE
13 years 3 months ago
Gaussian Mixture Modeling of vowel durations for automated assessment of non-native speech
This paper investigates using Gaussian Mixture Model (GMM) based vowel duration features for automated assessment of non-native speech. Two different types of models were compared...
Xie Sun, Keelan Evanini
SPEECH
2010
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Non-native durational patterns decrease speech intelligibility
In native speech, durational patterns convey linguistically relevant phenomena such as phrase structure, lexical stress, rhythm, and word boundaries. The lower intelligibility of ...
Hugo Quené, L. E. van Delft
INTERSPEECH
2010
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Predicting word accuracy for the automatic speech recognition of non-native speech
We have developed an automated method that predicts the word accuracy of a speech recognition system for non-native speech, in the context of speaking proficiency scoring. A model...
Su-Youn Yoon, Lei Chen, Klaus Zechner