SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CROWDSOURCING OF WORD PRONUNCIATION VERIFICATION
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1. A method comprising:
- identifying a spoken word in a dictionary of words for review;
assigning a plurality of turkers to review the spoken word;
receiving, from the plurality of turkers, a plurality of word scores, wherein each word score in the plurality of word scores represents an evaluation of a pronunciation of the spoken word by a respective turker in the plurality of turkers;
determining an average word score based on the plurality of word scores;
comparing the average word score to a required score, to yield a comparison; and
when the comparison indicates the pronunciation of the spoken word is incorrect;
assigning the spoken word to an expert turker for review, to yield expert feedback; and
assigning turker performance scores to each respective turker in the plurality of turkers based on the word score the each respective turker provided, the comparison, and the expert feedback.
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Abstract
Disclosed herein are systems, methods, and computer-readable storage media for crowdsourcing verification of word pronunciations. A system performing word pronunciation crowdsourcing identifies spoken words, or word pronunciations in a dictionary of words, for review by a turker. The identified words are assigned to one or more turkers for review. Assigned turkers listen to the word pronunciations, providing feedback on the correctness/incorrectness of the machine made pronunciation. The feedback can then be used to modify the lexicon, or can be stored for use in configuring future lexicons.
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1. A method comprising:
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identifying a spoken word in a dictionary of words for review; assigning a plurality of turkers to review the spoken word; receiving, from the plurality of turkers, a plurality of word scores, wherein each word score in the plurality of word scores represents an evaluation of a pronunciation of the spoken word by a respective turker in the plurality of turkers; determining an average word score based on the plurality of word scores; comparing the average word score to a required score, to yield a comparison; and when the comparison indicates the pronunciation of the spoken word is incorrect; assigning the spoken word to an expert turker for review, to yield expert feedback; and assigning turker performance scores to each respective turker in the plurality of turkers based on the word score the each respective turker provided, the comparison, and the expert feedback. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A system, comprising:
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a processor; and a computer-readable storage medium having instructions stored which, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising; identifying a spoken word in a dictionary of words for review; assigning a plurality of turkers to review the spoken word; receiving, from the plurality of turkers, a plurality of word scores, wherein each word score in the plurality of word scores represents an evaluation of a pronunciation of the spoken word by a respective turker in the plurality of turkers; determining an average word score based on the plurality of word scores; comparing the average word score to a required score, to yield a comparison; when the comparison indicates the pronunciation of the spoken word is incorrect; assigning the spoken word to an expert turker for review, to yield expert feedback; and assigning turker performance scores to each respective turker in the plurality of turkers based on the word score the each respective turker provided, the comparison, and the expert feedback. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A computer-readable storage device having instructions stored which, when executed by the processor, cause a computing device to perform operations comprising:
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identifying a spoken word in a dictionary of words for review; assigning a plurality of turkers to review the spoken word; receiving, from the plurality of turkers, a plurality of word scores, wherein each word score in the plurality of word scores represents an evaluation of a pronunciation of the spoken word by a respective turker in the plurality of turkers; determining an average word score based on the plurality of word scores; comparing the average word score to a required score, to yield a comparison; when the comparison indicates the pronunciation of the spoken word is incorrect; assigning the spoken word to an expert turker for review, to yield expert feedback; and assigning turker performance scores to each respective turker in the plurality of turkers based on the word score the each respective turker provided, the comparison, and the expert feedback. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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