CaptainA - A mobile app for practising Finnish pronunciation

Nhan Phan; Tamás Grósz; Mikko Kurimo

CaptainA - A mobile app for practising Finnish pronunciation

Tutkimustuotos: Artikkeli kirjassa/konferenssijulkaisussa › Conference article in proceedings › Scientific › vertaisarvioitu

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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.

Alkuperäiskieli	Englanti
Otsikko	Proceedings of the 24th Nordic Conference on Computational Linguistics (NoDaLiDa)
Kustantaja	University of Tartu Library
Sivut	265-270
Sivumäärä	6
ISBN (elektroninen)	978-9916-21-999-7
Tila	Julkaistu - toukok. 2023
OKM-julkaisutyyppi	A4 Artikkeli konferenssijulkaisussa
Tapahtuma	Nordic Conference on Computational Linguistics - Tórshavn, Färsaaret Kesto: 22 toukok. 2023 → 24 toukok. 2023 Konferenssinumero: 24

Julkaisusarja

Nimi	NEALT Proceedings Series
Numero	52
ISSN (painettu)	1736-8197
ISSN (elektroninen)	1736-6305

Conference

Conference	Nordic Conference on Computational Linguistics
Lyhennettä	NoDaLiDa
Maa/Alue	Färsaaret
Kaupunki	Tórshavn
Ajanjakso	22/05/2023 → 24/05/2023

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Kurimo, M., Al-Ghezi, R., Smolander, A., Getman, Y., Phan, N., Grósz, T. & Voskoboinik, E.
01/04/2021 → 31/03/2025
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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. s. 265-270 (NEALT Proceedings Series; Nro 52).

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CaptainA - A mobile app for practising Finnish pronunciation

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TEFLON: Technology-enhanced foreign and second-language learning of Nordic languages

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