Title :
Using the recognition and speech synthesis to assist the practice of English pronunciation
Author :
Farinazzo Martins, Valeria ; da Silva, Luana Felix ; Lombardi, Eduardo ; de Paiva Guimaraes, Marcelo
Author_Institution :
Fac. de Comput. e Inf., Univ. Presbiteriana Mackenzie, São Paulo, Brazil
Abstract :
Recognition and voice synthesis systems have been used in diverse situations, such as by phones, GPS´s, games and consumer services. This is because speaking is inherent in human being which makes it an user-friendly computer interface. This paper aims to present a mobile application (Talk2Practice) based on recognition and voice technology to support English pronunciation teaching. In order to evaluate the usability of this application, tests were performed with 19 users.
Keywords :
computer interfaces; speech synthesis; teaching; voice equipment; English pronunciation teaching; GPS; Talk2Practice; consumer services; diverse situations; games; human being; mobile application; phones; recognition synthesis; speech synthesis; user-friendly computer interface; voice synthesis systems; voice technology; Education; Portable media players; Security; Software; Speech recognition; Tablet computers; Visualization; language instruction; pronunciation teaching; recognition and voice synthesis;
Conference_Titel :
Information Systems and Technologies (CISTI), 2015 10th Iberian Conference on
Conference_Location :
Aveiro
DOI :
10.1109/CISTI.2015.7170523
