Title :
Computer-Assisted Audiovisual Language Learning
Author :
Wang, Lijuan ; Qian, Yao ; Scott, Matthew R. ; Chen, Gang ; Soong, Frank K.
fDate :
6/1/2012 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
Advances in speech-processing technology have enabled novel ways to learn a foreign language online. With Engkoo, researchers in China are working to turn any computer into a language learning assistant and make searching a language easier. The featured Web extra at http://youtu.be/_VHDMAKKLKo is a video discussion titled “Computer-Assisted Audiovisual Language Learning” that demonstrates Engkoo, a Web-based computer-assisted audiovisual language-learning service that combines two emerging speech processing technologies-talking head and phonetic similarity search.
Keywords :
Internet; audio-visual systems; computer aided instruction; humanities; information retrieval; interactive video; natural languages; speech processing; Web-based computer-assisted audiovisual language learning service; language learning assistant; language search; online foreign language learning; phonetic similarity search; speech processing technology; video discussion; Hidden Markov models; Languages; Learning systems; Speech processing; Trajectory; Videos; Visualization; Engkoo; computer-assisted language learning; computing in Asia; phonetic similarity search; talking head; text-to-speech synthesis;
DOI :
10.1109/MC.2012.152
