SPEECH TECHNOLOGIES FOR PRONUNCIATION AND PROSODY TRAINING OF MACEDONIAN LANGUAGE

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2012-09-27
Author(s)
Kraljevski, Ivan
Jokisch, Oliver
Loshkovska, Suzana
Hoffmann, RÜdiger
Abstract
In this paper, we introduce a concept of Computer assisted pronunciation training (CAPT) e-learning
platform on Macedonian language where the issues for speech technologies (Automatic Speech recognition and
synthesis) on Macedonian language are also described. Review of the speech technologies used in CAPT is given and
detailed description of the proposed framework with the development steps and a number of technological challenges is
presented. The presented CAPT concept will take advantages of speech technologies to provide audio-visual feedback
to the language learners and provides language training on both subsegmental (pronunciation) and suprasegmental
level (prosody). The specifications for the required speech databases (native speech database, non-native speech
database and source-language accent database) and the speech corpora development are described. Also, general
guidelines are given for preparation of the speech material and its lexical structure for prosody tests and exercises,
based on the contrastive analysis research studies for Macedonian as L2.
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