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METHOD FOR ASSESSING PRONUNCIATION ABILITIES

  • US 20090171661A1
  • Filed: 06/27/2008
  • Published: 07/02/2009
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/28/2007
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for assessing pronunciation abilities of a user, comprising the steps of:

  • recording a sentence spoken by a user;

    performing a classification of the spoken sentence, wherein the classification is performed with respect to at least one N-ordered class, and wherein the spoken sentence is represented by a set of at least one acoustic feature extracted from the spoken sentence; and

    determining a score based on the classification, wherein the score is used to determine an optimal set of at least one question to assess pronunciation ability of the user without human intervention.

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