Using articulatory visualisation techniques to improve pronunication

Author

Carmichael, James

Author_Institution

Coll. of Eng. & Comput., AlGhurair Univ., Dubai, United Arab Emirates

fYear

2013

fDate

11-12 Dec. 2013

Firstpage

54

Lastpage

59

Abstract

This study reports on the implementation of a real-time speech visualisation application, SpeechCanvas, which focuses specifically on providing on-screen text and visual prompts to assist speakers in correctly pronouncing short-duration speech sounds such as /p/ and /t/. When tested on a group of Arabic speakers having difficulties distinguishing between /p/ and /b/ in their pronunciation, those speakers that used SpeechCanvas - in comparison with another speech visualization application - recorded a 14.2% improvement in pronunciation of the target phone pair.

Keywords

data visualisation; graphical user interfaces; handicapped aids; human computer interaction; natural language interfaces; patient treatment; speaker recognition; speech processing; Arabic speakers; SpeechCanvas; articulatory visualisation techniques; on-screen text; phone recognition; real-time speech visualisation application; second language acquisition; short-duration speech sound pronunciation improvement; speech technology; speech therapy; target phone pair; visual prompts; Acoustics; Decision support systems; Production; Speech; Visualization; phone recognition; second language acquisition; speech technology; speech therapy;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Current Trends in Information Technology (CTIT), 2013 International Conference on

Conference_Location

Dubai

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CTIT.2013.6749477

Filename

6749477