Computer-assisted pronunciation training: From pronunciation scoring towards spoken language learning

NF Chen, H Li - 2016 Asia-Pacific Signal and Information …, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper reviews the research approaches used in computer-assisted pronunciation
training (CAPT), addresses the existing challenges, and discusses emerging trends and …

[HTML][HTML] Large-scale characterization of non-native Mandarin Chinese spoken by speakers of European origin: Analysis on iCALL

NF Chen, D Wee, R Tong, B Ma, H Li - Speech Communication, 2016 - Elsevier
In this work, we analyze phonetic and prosodic pronunciation patterns from iCALL, a speech
corpus designed to evaluate Mandarin mispronunciations by non-native speakers of …

[PDF][PDF] Identification of British English regional accents using fusion of i-vector and multi-accent phonotactic systems.

M Najafian, S Safavi, P Weber, MJ Russell - Odyssey, 2016 - odyssey2016.org
The para-linguistic information in a speech signal includes clues to the geographical and
social background of the speaker. This paper is concerned with recognition of the 14 …

Dialect identification using spectral and prosodic features on single and ensemble classifiers

NB Chittaragi, A Prakash, SG Koolagudi - Arabian Journal for Science and …, 2018 - Springer
In this paper, investigation of the significance of spectral and prosodic behaviors of speech
signal has been carried out for dialect identification. Spectral features such as cepstral …

Addressing the semi-open set dialect recognition problem under resource-efficient considerations

S Dey, G Saha - Speech Communication, 2023 - Elsevier
This work presents a resource-efficient solution for the spoken dialect recognition task under
semi-open set evaluation scenarios, where a closed set model is exposed to unknown class …

Algerian Modern Colloquial Arabic Speech Corpus (AMCASC): regional accents recognition within complex socio-linguistic environments

M Djellab, A Amrouche, A Bouridane… - Language Resources …, 2017 - Springer
The Algerian linguistic situation is very intricate due to the ethnic, geographical and colonial
occupation influences which have lead to a complex sociolinguistic environment. As a result …

An automated system for regional nativity identification of indian speakers from english speech

GR Krishna, R Krishnan… - 2019 IEEE 16th India …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper proposes an automated system to identify speaker's regional nativity by
analysing their English speech utterances. A database of English speech of native speakers …

Automatic dialect identification system for Kannada language using single and ensemble SVM algorithms

NB Chittaragi, SG Koolagudi - Language Resources and Evaluation, 2020 - Springer
In this paper, an automatic dialect identification (ADI) system is proposed by extracting
spectral and prosodic features for Kannada language. A new dialect dataset is collected …

[HTML][HTML] Exploration of temporal dynamics of frequency domain linear prediction cepstral coefficients for dialect classification

R Kethireddy, SR Kadiri, SV Gangashetty - Applied Acoustics, 2022 - Elsevier
Speakers exhibit dialectal traits in speech at sub-segmental, segmental, and supra-
segmental levels. Any feature representation for dialect classification should appropriately …

The Study of Malay's Prosodic Features Impact on Classical Arabic Accents Recognition

NJ Ibrahim, MYI Idris, MYZM Yusoff, R Ramli… - IEEE …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Modeling individual's variation in speech pattern can be challenging in Automatic Speech
Recognition (ASR). In Classical Arabic (CA) language, 20 Quranic accents are permitted for …