Essays about: "intelligibility"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 69 essays containing the word intelligibility.

  1. 21. User-centered Visualizations of Transcription Uncertainty in AI-generated Subtitles of News Broadcast

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Människa-datorinteraktion

    Author : Fredrik Karlsson; [2020]
    Keywords : automatic speech recognition; uncertainty visualization; subtitles;

    Abstract : AI-generated subtitles have recently started to automate the process of subtitling with automatic speech recognition. However, people may not perceive that the transcription is based on probabilities and may entail errors. For news that is broadcast live may this be controversial and cause misinterpretation. READ MORE

  3. 22. How to Shoot a Virus (With) a Message : A study on the usage and effect of coronavirus messages on Weibo

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Medier och kommunikation

    Author : Wei Chao; [2020]
    Keywords : health crisis communication; Coronavirus; social media messages; sensemaking; efficacy; social media engagement; Crisis and Emergency Risk Communication Framework; message virality;

    Abstract : This study investigates what roles the Chinese state-owned media play in the Covid-19 outbreak in terms of what kind of messages they delivered on Weibo and the quality of the messages. It also explores how the public is engaged with these messages on Weibo. Both the messages and the engagement are examined by mix-method content analysis. READ MORE

  4. 23. Production Accuracy in L2 English Checked Vowels: Cross-sectional Study of Czech Secondary and Post-Secondary School Students

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS)

    Author : Petra Havlíková; [2020]
    Keywords : vowel; checked; acquisition; Czech; English; SSBE; phoneme; L1; L2;

    Abstract : In Czechia, teaching L2 English pronunciation is underestimated, which might lead to potential production slips and affect the intelligibility of the learners. This study investigates accuracy in L2 English pronunciation of checked vowels (/ʌ, ɛ, ɪ, ɒ, ʊ, æ/) as produced by Czech students. READ MORE

  5. 24. Teachers’ beliefs on utilizing TTS as a tool for learning English at Upper Secondary School

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för lärande och samhälle (LS)

    Author : Jonathon Stoker; [2019]
    Keywords : TTS; struggling readers; dyslexia;

    Abstract : There are many students in the class that have dyslexia and can struggle with simple tasks such as reading. Therefore, this study set out to investigate the applications of text to speech synthesizers facilitate learning English at upper secondary with these students in focus from a teacher’s perspective. READ MORE

  6. 25. Beamforming and Blind Signal Separation for Far-field Voice Capture using a Microphone Array

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för elektro- och informationsteknik

    Author : Luke Postema; Johan Davidsson; [2019]
    Keywords : Beamforming; Microphone array; Minimum variance distortionless response; delay-and-sum; direction of arrival; blind signal separation; Technology and Engineering;

    Abstract : With the evolving technology of mobile electronics and other forms of communication methods, an increasing demand of speech intelligibility is introduced. In a conference room for example, multiple microphones are placed directly in front of the speaker in order to pick up clean speech. However, several challenges still exist. READ MORE