Essays about: "arabic speech"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 11 essays containing the words arabic speech.

1. 1. Mispronunciation Detection with SpeechBlender Data Augmentation Pipeline

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

   Author : Yassine Elkheir; [2023]
   Keywords : Computer-assisted pronunciation training CAPT ; Automatic Speech Recognition ASR ; Mispronunciation Detection MD and Data Augmentation; Datorstödd uttalsträning CAPT ; automatisk taligenkänning ASR ; upptäckt av felaktigt uttal MD och dataförstärkning;

   Abstract : The rise of multilingualism has fueled the demand for computer-assisted pronunciation training (CAPT) systems for language learning, CAPT systems make use of speech technology advancements and offer features such as learner assessment and curriculum management. Mispronunciation detection (MD) is a crucial aspect of CAPT, aimed at identifying and correcting mispronunciations in second language learners’ speech. READ MORE

3. 2. Comparison between the SiP-test (Situated Phoneme test) and conventional Swedish SIN (TiB)-test (Speech in Noise Test). : An experimental comparison of two methods for speech perception in people with Arabic as mother tongue.

   University essay from Örebro universitet/Institutionen för hälsovetenskaper

   Author : Elpida Saridou; [2023]
   Keywords : Speech perception; speech recognition test; speech in noise test; speech test; Swedish speech perception test; situated phoneme test; non-native; bilingualism;

   Abstract : Background: The difficulties for people to understand and perceive speech in second languages in the presence of background noise is well documented in the literature. Similar difficulties have been reported in bilinguals. READ MORE

4. 3. Homograph Disambiguation and Diacritization for Arabic Text-to-Speech Using Neural Networks

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för lingvistik och filologi

   Author : Harm Lameris; [2021]
   Keywords : Computational Linguistics; Language Technology; Diacritization; Neural Networks; Deep Learning; Arabic; Natural Language Processing; NLP; Text-to-Speech; TTS; Homograph Disambiguation;

   Abstract : Pre-processing Arabic text for Text-to-Speech (TTS) systems poses major challenges, as Arabic omits short vowels in writing. This omission leads to a large number of homographs, and means that Arabic text needs to be diacritized to disambiguate these homographs, in order to be matched up with the intended pronunciation. READ MORE

5. 4. Hagiographical discourse in Medieval Arabic Christianity : A study of Anthony al Qurashi and Bulus ibn Raja as a discourse of parrhesia

   University essay from Enskilda Högskolan Stockholm/Avdelningen för östkyrkliga studier

   Author : Sally Adel Hanna; [2021]
   Keywords : Hagiography- Medieval Arabic Christianity- Christian Paideia- Rhetorics- conversion- apostates- parrhesia- Anthony al-Qurashi- Būlus ibn Raja;

   Abstract : Scholars have faced many challenges in the classification of the literary genre of the hagiographical texts. In addition to their various styles and structures, hagiographical texts tend to move beyond the classical rhetorical approach. READ MORE

6. 5. Automatic Speech Recognition for low-resource languages using Wav2Vec2 : Modern Standard Arabic (MSA) as an example of a low-resource language

   University essay from Högskolan Dalarna/Institutionen för information och teknik

   Author : Taha Zouhair; [2021]
   Keywords : Automatic Speech Recognition; Facebook Wav2Vec; Mozilla Common Voice; Low-Resource Language;

   Abstract : The need for fully automatic translation at DigitalTolk, a Stockholm-based company providing translation services, leads to exploring Automatic Speech Recognition as a first step for Modern Standard Arabic (MSA). Facebook AI recently released a second version of its Wav2Vec models, dubbed Wav2Vec 2. READ MORE