Title

The Use of Speech Technology in Foreign Language Pronunciation Training

Journal title

Archives of Acoustics

Yearbook

2010

Volume

vol. 35

Issue

No 3

Authors

Demenko, Grażyna ; Wagner, Agnieszka ; Cylwik, Natalia

Keywords

speech technology ; pronunciation training ; feedback ; phonetic-acoustic databases ; multimedia tools

Divisions of PAS

Nauki Techniczne

Coverage

309-329

Publisher

Polish Academy of Sciences, Institute of Fundamental Technological Research, Committee on Acoustics

Date

2010

Type

Artykuły / Articles

Identifier

DOI: 10.2478/v10168-010-0027-z

Source

Archives of Acoustics; 2010; vol. 35; No 3; 309-329

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