Essays about: "Phoneme"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 29 essays containing the word Phoneme.

  1. 6. Towards a Language Model for Stenography : A Proof of Concept

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för lingvistik och filologi

    Author : Naomi Johanna Langstraat; [2022]
    Keywords : stenography; language model; GPT-2; GPT; grapheme-to-phoneme; G2P; low-resource; perplexity; compression;

    Abstract : The availability of the stenographic manuscripts of Astrid Lindgren have sparked an interest in the creation of a language model for stenography. By its very nature stenography is low-resource and the unavailability of data requires a tool for using normal data. READ MORE

  3. 7. L2 listeners benefit from audiovisual information in the processing of Swedish vowels - A speech comprehension experiment with L1 and L2 listeners

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Allmän språkvetenskap; Lunds universitet/Masterprogram: Språk och språkvetenskap

    Author : Helene Springer; [2021]
    Keywords : language processing; visual information; audiovisual speech perception; phoneme recognition; second-language sound contrasts; Languages and Literatures;

    Abstract : This thesis investigates the effect of visible articulatory movements on speech comprehension in L1 and L2 listeners of Swedish. Previous research found faciliatory effects on speech perception when speech was presented audiovisually in various settings and under diverse listening conditions for both L1 and L2 listeners. READ MORE

  4. 8. Grapheme-to-phoneme transcription of English words in Icelandic text

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för lingvistik och filologi

    Author : Bjarki Ármannsson; [2021]
    Keywords : Foreign word grapheme-to-phoneme transcription; TTS; text-to-speech; Icelandic; Icelandic phonology; g2p; foreign word g2p;

    Abstract : Foreign words, such as names, locations or sometimes entire phrases, are a problem for any system that is meant to convert graphemes to phonemes (g2p; i.e.converting written text into phonetic transcription). READ MORE

  5. 9. Automatic Speech Recognition Model for Swedish using Kaldi

    University essay from KTH/Skolan för elektroteknik och datavetenskap (EECS)

    Author : Yihan Wang; [2020]
    Keywords : Speech recognition; Kaldi; Mel-frequency cepstral coefficient; Perceptual linear predictive; Speaker adaptive training; Weight Finite State Transducers; Taligenkänning; Kaldi; Cefstralskoefficient för Mel-Frekvens; Perceptuell linjär prediktiv; Uppladdning av högtalaren; Viktfinitomvandlare;

    Abstract : With the development of intelligent era, speech recognition has been a hottopic. Although many automatic speech recognition(ASR) tools have beenput into the market, a considerable number of them do not support Swedishbecause of its small number. READ MORE

  6. 10. 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