Digitala: An augmented test and review process prototype for high-stakes spoken foreign language examination

Reima Karhila; Aku Rouhe; Peter Smit; André Mansikkaniemi; Heini Kallio; Erik Lindroos; Raili Hildén; Martti Vainio; Mikko Kurimo

Digitala: An augmented test and review process prototype for high-stakes spoken foreign language examination

Reima Karhila, Aku Rouhe, Peter Smit, André Mansikkaniemi, Heini Kallio, Erik Lindroos, Raili Hildén, Martti Vainio, Mikko Kurimo

Speech Recognition

University of Helsinki

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Abstract

This paper introduces the first prototype for a computerised examination procedure of spoken foreign languages in Finland, intended for national scale upper secondary school final examinations. Speech technology and profiling of reviewers are used to minimise the otherwise massive reviewing effort.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the Annual Conference of the International Speech Communication Association
Subtitle of host publication	Interspeech'16, San Francisco, USA, Sept. 8-12, 2016
Publisher	International Speech Communication Association (ISCA)
Pages	784-785
Number of pages	2
Volume	08-12-September-2016
ISBN (Electronic)	978-1-5108-3313-5
Publication status	Published - 2016
MoE publication type	A4 Conference publication
Event	Interspeech - San Francisco, United States Duration: 8 Sept 2016 → 12 Sept 2016 Conference number: 17

Publication series

Name	Proceedings of the Annual Conference of the International Speech Communication Association
Publisher	International Speech Communication Association
ISSN (Print)	1990-9770
ISSN (Electronic)	2308-457X

Conference

Conference	Interspeech
Country/Territory	United States
City	San Francisco
Period	08/09/2016 → 12/09/2016

Keywords

Phonetics
Speech analysis
Speech recognition
Spoken language skill assessment

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Karhila, R., Rouhe, A., Smit, P., Mansikkaniemi, A., Kallio, H., Lindroos, E., Hildén, R., Vainio, M., & Kurimo, M. (2016). Digitala: An augmented test and review process prototype for high-stakes spoken foreign language examination. In Proceedings of the Annual Conference of the International Speech Communication Association: Interspeech'16, San Francisco, USA, Sept. 8-12, 2016 (Vol. 08-12-September-2016, pp. 784-785). (Proceedings of the Annual Conference of the International Speech Communication Association). International Speech Communication Association (ISCA). http://www.isca-speech.org/archive/Interspeech_2016/pdfs/2008.PDF

Karhila, Reima ; Rouhe, Aku ; Smit, Peter et al. / Digitala: An augmented test and review process prototype for high-stakes spoken foreign language examination. Proceedings of the Annual Conference of the International Speech Communication Association: Interspeech'16, San Francisco, USA, Sept. 8-12, 2016. Vol. 08-12-September-2016 International Speech Communication Association (ISCA), 2016. pp. 784-785 (Proceedings of the Annual Conference of the International Speech Communication Association).

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Karhila R, Rouhe A, Smit P, Mansikkaniemi A, Kallio H, Lindroos E et al. Digitala: An augmented test and review process prototype for high-stakes spoken foreign language examination. In Proceedings of the Annual Conference of the International Speech Communication Association: Interspeech'16, San Francisco, USA, Sept. 8-12, 2016. Vol. 08-12-September-2016. International Speech Communication Association (ISCA). 2016. p. 784-785. (Proceedings of the Annual Conference of the International Speech Communication Association).

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