Search Results - "Boves, Lou"

DIANA, a Process-Oriented Model of Human Auditory Word Recognition by Ten Bosch, Louis, Boves, Lou, Ernestus, Mirjam

“…This article presents DIANA, a new, process-oriented model of human auditory word recognition, which takes as its input the acoustic signal and can produce as…”
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Quantitative assessment of second language learners' fluency: comparisons between read and spontaneous speech by Cucchiarini, Catia, Strik, Helmer, Boves, Lou

“…This paper describes two experiments aimed at exploring the relationship between objective properties of speech and perceived fluency in read and spontaneous…”
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Modelling the Noise-Robustness of Infants' Word Representations: The Impact of Previous Experience by Bergmann, Christina, ten Bosch, Louis, Fikkert, Paula, Boves, Lou

“…During language acquisition, infants frequently encounter ambient noise. We present a computational model to address whether specific acoustic processing…”
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Quantitative assessment of second language learners' fluency by means of automatic speech recognition technology by Cucchiarini, C, Strik, H, Boves, L

“…To determine whether expert fluency ratings of read speech can be predicted on the basis of automatically calculated temporal measures of speech quality, an…”
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Effective error recovery strategies for multimodal form-filling applications by Sturm, Janienke, Boves, Lou

“…The goal of the research described in this article is to determine in what way speech recognition errors can be handled best in a multimodal form-filling…”
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Automatic phonetic transcription of large speech corpora by Van Bael, Christophe, Boves, Lou, van den Heuvel, Henk, Strik, Helmer

“…Most large speech corpora are delivered with a lexicon that contains a canonical transcription of every word in the orthographic transcription. Such a lexicon…”
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What's in a word: Sounding sarcastic in British English by Chen, Aoju, Boves, Lou

“…Using a simulated telephone conversation task, we elicited sarcastic production in different utterance types (i.e. declaratives, tag questions and…”
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Processing reduced speech in the L1 and L2: a combined eye-tracking and ERP study by Mulder, Kimberley, Brand, Sophie, Boves, Lou, Ernestus, Mirjam

“…We examined the cognitive processes underlying the comprehension of reduced word pronunciation variants in natives and advanced learners of French. In a…”
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Bridging automatic speech recognition and psycholinguistics: extending Shortlist to an end-to-end model of human speech recognition by Scharenborg, Odette, ten Bosch, Louis, Boves, Lou, Norris, Dennis

“…This letter evaluates potential benefits of combining human speech recognition (HSR) and automatic speech recognition by building a joint model of an automatic…”
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Using Functional Data Analysis for investigating multidimensional dynamic phonetic contrasts by Gubian, Michele, Torreira, Francisco, Boves, Lou

“…The study of phonetic contrasts and related phenomena, e.g. inter- and intra-speaker variability, often requires to analyse data in the form of measured time…”
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A proactive recommendation system for writing in the internet age by Carmen Puerta Melguizo, Mari, Bajo, Teresa, Castillo, Gracia, Boves, Lou, Muñoz Ramos, Olga

“…With the use of the computers, the task of writing is intertwined with the task of searching for information that can be relevant for the document that is…”
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On the Utility of Syllable-Based Acoustic Models for Pronunciation Variation Modelling by Annika Hämäläinen, Lou Boves, Johan de Veth, Louis ten Bosch

“…Recent research on the TIMIT corpus suggests that longer-length acoustic models are more appropriate for pronunciation variation modelling than the…”
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On the Utility of Syllable-Based Acoustic Models for Pronunciation Variation Modelling by Hämäläinen, Annika, Boves, Lou, de Veth, Johan, ten Bosch, Louis

“…: Recent research on the TIMIT corpus suggests that longer-length acoustic models are more appropriate for pronunciation variation modelling than the…”
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Cognate status modulates the comprehension of isolated reduced forms by Mulder, Kimberley, Wloch, Lucas, Boves, Lou, ten Bosch, Louis, Ernestus, Mirjam

“…There are competing theories about the representation of reduced variants of words in the mental lexicon. At the same time, speech reduction is known to cause…”
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Evaluating automatic speech recognition-based language learning systems: a case study by van Doremalen, Joost, Boves, Lou, Colpaert, Jozef, Cucchiarini, Catia, Strik, Helmer

“…The purpose of this research was to evaluate a prototype of an automatic speech recognition (ASR)-based language learning system that provides feedback on…”
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Acoustic reduction in conversational Dutch: A quantitative analysis based on automatically generated segmental transcriptions by Schuppler, Barbara, Ernestus, Mirjam, Scharenborg, Odette, Boves, Lou

“…In spontaneous, conversational speech, words are often reduced compared to their citation forms, such that a word like yesterday may sound like [ ’ j ε ʃ e i ]…”
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The Pedagogy-Technology Interface in Computer Assisted Pronunciation Training by Neri, Ambra, Cucchiarini, Catia, Strik, Helmer, Boves, Lou

“…In this paper, we examine the relationship between pedagogy and technology in Computer Assisted Pronunciation Training (CAPT) courseware. First, we will…”
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Phone classification via manifold learning based dimensionality reduction algorithms by Huang, Heyun, ten Bosch, Louis, Cranen, Bert, Boves, Lou

“…•Phone classification can be improved by using speech continuity constraints.•The classical LDA-based discrimination can be enriched by using neighborhood…”
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Compressive Sensing for Missing Data Imputation in Noise Robust Speech Recognition by Gemmeke, J.F., Van Hamme, H., Cranen, B., Boves, L.

“…An effective way to increase the noise robustness of automatic speech recognition is to label noisy speech features as either reliable or unreliable (missing),…”
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Human-inspired modulation frequency features for noise-robust ASR by Ahmadi, Sara, Cranen, Bert, Boves, Lou, ten Bosch, Louis, van den Bosch, Antal

“…•We investigate whether the configuration of an auditory model that is optimal for predicting the intelligibility of speech under several adverse conditions is…”
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