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Using LARA to create image-based and phonetically annotated multimodal texts for endangered languages
We describe recent extensions to the open source Learning And Reading Assistant (LARA) supporting image-based and phonetically annotated texts.
Using the LARA Little Prince to compare human and TTS audio quality
Samples of audio totalling about five minutes, representing the same four passages taken from LARA versions of Saint-Exupèry’s “Le petit prince”, were provided for each language in both human and TTS form; the passages were chosen to instantiate the 2x2 cross product of the conditions dialogue, not-dialogue and humour, not-humour.
Reading Assistance through LARA, the Learning And Reading Assistant
We present an overview of LARA, the Learning And Reading Assistant, an open source platform for easy creation and use of multimedia annotated texts designed to support the improvement of reading skills.
Constructing Multimodal Language Learner Texts Using LARA: Experiences with Nine Languages
LARA (Learning and Reading Assistant) is an open source platform whose purpose is to support easy conversion of plain texts into multimodal online versions suitable for use by language learners.
A Shared Task for Spoken CALL?
We argue that the field of spoken CALL needs a shared task in order to facilitate comparisons between different groups and methodologies, and describe a concrete example of such a task, based on data collected from a speech-enabled online tool which has been used to help young Swiss German teens practise skills in English conversation.
Helping Domain Experts Build Speech Translation Systems
We present a new platform, "Regulus Lite", which supports rapid development and web deployment of several types of phrasal speech translation systems using a minimal formalism.
Using a Serious Game to Collect a Child Learner Speech Corpus
We present an English-L2 child learner speech corpus, produced by 14 year old Swiss German-L1 students in their third year of learning English, which is currently in the process of being collected.
A Scalable Architecture For Web Deployment of Spoken Dialogue Systems
We describe a scalable architecture, particularly well-suited to cloud-based computing, which can be used for Web-deployment of spoken dialogue systems.
Evaluating Appropriateness Of System Responses In A Spoken CALL Game
We describe an experiment carried out using a French version of CALL-SLT, a web-enabled CALL game in which students at each turn are prompted to give a semi-free spoken response which the system then either accepts or rejects.
A Corpus for a Gesture-Controlled Mobile Spoken Dialogue System
Speech and hand gestures offer the most natural modalities for everyday human-to-human interaction.
