Essays about: "pronunciation model"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 16 essays containing the words pronunciation model.

1. 1. Automatic Voice Trading Surveillance : Achieving Speech and Named Entity Recognition in Voice Trade Calls Using Language Model Interpolation and Named Entity Abstraction

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Avdelningen Vi3

   Author : Martin Sundberg; Mikael Ohlsson; [2023]
   Keywords : Automatic Speech Recognition; Natural Language Model; Named Entity Recognition; Voice Trading; Market Surveillance.;

   Abstract : This master thesis explores the effectiveness of interpolating a larger generic speech recognition model with smaller domain-specific models to enable transcription of domain-specific conversations. The study uses a corpus within the financial domain collected from the web and processed by abstracting named entities such as financial instruments, numbers, as well as names of people and companies. READ MORE

3. 2. Sentence Stress in Songs: The Potential of Using Authentic Songs for Teaching English Sentence Stress to EFL Learners in Swedish Lower-Secondary School

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för engelska; Lunds universitet/Engelska

   Author : Teo Mattiasson; [2023]
   Keywords : sentence stress; pronunciation teaching; musical instruction; English as a foreign language; English songs; Languages and Literatures;

   Abstract : Using music as a tool for teaching a foreign language has been shown to positively affect the language learning process (Balčytytė-Kurtinienė, 2018; Cañete García et al., 2022; Heidari- Shahreza & Moinzadeh, 2012), and this essay suggests that authentic English songs can be used in the teaching of EFL in lower-secondary school in Sweden to efficiently meet many aspects of the syllabus. READ MORE

4. 3. Disambiguating Italian homographic heterophones with SoundChoice and testing ChatGPT as a data-generating tool

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för lingvistik och filologi

   Author : Matilde Nanni; [2023]
   Keywords : ChatGPT; Homograph disambiguation; Italian; SoundChoice;

   Abstract : Text-To-Speech systems are challenged by the presence of homographs, words that have more than one possible pronunciation. Rule-based approaches are often still the preferred solution to this issue in the industry. READ MORE

5. 4. 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

6. 5. Lexical competition and predictive certainty in speech recognition: Modulations of pre-activation negativity amplitude by continuations, entropy and inhibition

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

   Author : Anna Hjortdal; [2022]
   Keywords : Speech perception; spoken word recognition; lexical competition; ERPs; PrAN.; Languages and Literatures;

   Abstract : A growing body of evidence suggests that speech recognition is facilitated by rapid activation of possible lexical candidates and subsequent competition and selection. An event-related potential (ERP) component 136-204 ms after word onset, the pre-activation negativity (PrAN), correlates with lexical competition. READ MORE