We live in a world where there are countless interactions with computer systems in every-
day situations. In the most ideal case, this interaction feels as familiar and as natural as the …

Abstract Language learning is a multimodal endeavor; to improve their pronunciation in a
new language, learners access not only auditory information about speech sounds and …

Visual biofeedback is the process of gaining awareness of physiological functions through
the display of visual information. As speech is concerned, visual biofeedback usually …

Articulatory information can support learning or remediating pronunciation of a second
language (L2). This paper describes an electromagnetic articulometer-based visual …

Advances in speech-processing technology have enabled novel ways to learn a foreign
language online. With Engkoo, researchers in China are working to turn any computer into a …

The purpose of this study was to test the usability of ultrasound as a visual feedback tool in
L2 pronunciation training. Six Japanese-speaking learners, aged 28–33 years, participating …

Japanese adults learning English as a second language often have difficulty perceiving and
producing English/l/and/ɹ/due to specific acoustic and articulatory characteristics of these …

The challenge of articulatory inversion is to determine the temporal movement of the
articulators from the speech waveform, or from acoustic-phonetic knowledge, eg derived …

Typical foreign language (L2) pronunciation training focuses mainly on individual sounds.
Intonation, the patterns of pitch change across words or phrases is often neglected, despite …

This paper introduces Ultraspeech-player, a software dedicated to the visualization of
ultrasound and video sequences of the tongue and lips. This software is designed for …