CaptainA - A mobile app for practising Finnish pronunciation

Nhan Phan; Tamás Grósz; Mikko Kurimo

CaptainA - A mobile app for practising Finnish pronunciation

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Learning a new language is often difficult, especially practising it independently. The main issue with self-study is the absence of accurate feedback from a teacher, which would enable students to learn unfamiliar languages. In recent years, with advances in Artificial Intelligence and Automatic Speech Recognition, it has become possible to build applications that can provide valuable feedback on the users’ pronunciation.
In this paper, we introduce the CaptainA app explicitly developed to aid students in practising their Finnish pronunciation on handheld devices. Our app is a valuable resource for immigrants who are busy with school or work, and it helps them integrate faster into society. Furthermore, by providing this service for L2 speakers and collecting their data, we can continuously improve our system and provide better aid in the future.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the 24th Nordic Conference on Computational Linguistics (NoDaLiDa)
Publisher	University of Tartu Library
Pages	265-270
Number of pages	6
ISBN (Electronic)	978-9916-21-999-7
Publication status	Published - May 2023
MoE publication type	A4 Conference publication
Event	Nordic Conference on Computational Linguistics - Tórshavn, Faroe Islands Duration: 22 May 2023 → 24 May 2023 Conference number: 24

Publication series

Name	NEALT Proceedings Series
Number	52
ISSN (Print)	1736-8197
ISSN (Electronic)	1736-6305

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Conference	Nordic Conference on Computational Linguistics
Abbreviated title	NoDaLiDa
Country/Territory	Faroe Islands
City	Tórshavn
Period	22/05/2023 → 24/05/2023

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TEFLON: Technology-enhanced foreign and second-language learning of Nordic languages
Kurimo, M., Al-Ghezi, R., Smolander, A., Getman, Y., Phan, N., Grósz, T. & Voskoboinik, E.
01/04/2021 → 31/03/2025
Project: Other external funding: Other foreign funding

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Mikko Hakala (Manager)
School of Science
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Phan, N, Grósz, T & Kurimo, M 2023, CaptainA - A mobile app for practising Finnish pronunciation. in Proceedings of the 24th Nordic Conference on Computational Linguistics (NoDaLiDa). NEALT Proceedings Series, no. 52, University of Tartu Library, pp. 265-270, Nordic Conference on Computational Linguistics, Tórshavn, Faroe Islands, 22/05/2023. <https://aclanthology.org/2023.nodalida-1.26>

CaptainA - A mobile app for practising Finnish pronunciation. / Phan, Nhan; Grósz, Tamás ; Kurimo, Mikko.
Proceedings of the 24th Nordic Conference on Computational Linguistics (NoDaLiDa). University of Tartu Library, 2023. p. 265-270 (NEALT Proceedings Series; No. 52).

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CaptainA - A mobile app for practising Finnish pronunciation

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