We describe a system for the training of Second Language Acquisition Pronunciation (SLAP) for nonnative speakers. This speech recognition-based system is designed to mimic the val...
This paper describes discriminative language modeling for a large vocabulary speech recognition task. We contrast two parameter estimation methods: the perceptron algorithm, and a...
Brian Roark, Murat Saraclar, Michael Collins, Mark...
This paper describes an all level approach on statistical natural language translation (SNLT). Without any predefined knowledge the system learns a statistical translation lexicon...
In this paper, we propose a novel speaker adaptation technique, regularized-MLLR, for Computer Assisted Language Learning (CALL) systems. This method uses a linear combination of ...
Dean Luo, Yu Qiao, Nobuaki Minematsu, Yutaka Yamau...
Varying channel conditions present a difficult problem for many speech technologies such as language identification (LID). Channel compensation techniques have been shown to sig...