Pronunciation training with non-native automatic speech recognition
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2006Item status
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Lymperopoulou, Sofia
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Abstract
In this thesis I investigate the way that automatic speech recognition can be best implemented so
as to be smoothly integrated in the classes of teaching a foreign language. The main goal of this
thesis was to implement a speech recogniser who would identify pronunciation mistakes made by
Greek native speakers when speaking German. In particular, I am investigating the recognition of
duration of vowels. The proposed recogniser shows that there is a difference between
conventional recognisers and those who are directed to teaching of pronunciation, given that more
principles need to be taken into consideration and more fields need to work together for a
satisfactory result.