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Teaching Language Through Interactive Translation

  • US 20110207095A1
  • Filed: 03/15/2011
  • Published: 08/25/2011
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/16/2006
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A computer-implemented method of assisting a conversation involving two languages, the method comprising:

  • receiving from a user, at a machine translation system comprising a user interface and a processor, a speech input spoken in a first language requesting to interact with a machine agent, wherein the speech input comprises a request to the machine agent to provide at least a speech output in a second language that is equivalent to a phrase spoken by the user in the first language;

    responsive to the received speech input, providing the requested speech output in the second language that is equivalent to the phrase spoken by the user in the first language;

    receiving from the user a reply speech input mimicking the speech output in the second language;

    judging a correctness of pronunciation of the reply speech input in the second language; and

    responding to the reply speech in the second language only when the pronunciation of the reply speech is judged to be correct in the second language.

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