[IAEP] Fwd: Language Learning Courseware
Tomeu Vizoso
tomeu at sugarlabs.org
Tue May 5 02:22:40 EDT 2009
On Tue, May 5, 2009 at 03:01, Seth Woodworth <seth at isforinsects.com> wrote:
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Neal Scogin <neal.scogin at sbcglobal.net>
> Date: Mon, May 4, 2009 at 3:36 PM
> Subject: [support-gang] Language Learning Courseware
> To: Laptop Support <support-gang at laptop.org>
>
> I am developing courseware (a complete methodology) that utilizes Sugar
> (primarily the collaboration - mesh networking features) to learn
> languages. I have recently found someone to help me with Arabic and so now
> I am working on Arabic-English and Spanish-English. I am interested in
> using the International Phonetic Alphabet for some of the work.
>
> I would like to have some software that can evaluate spoken language to
> check for pronunciation. When I purchased some Spanish learning software
> years ago that was one of the features. Obviously, I am looking for open
> source software.
>
> In addition, any advice on software tools for the courseware will be
> appreciated.
Hi Neal,
this sounds like an awesome project. I have found the following
regarding pronunciation evaluation:
https://www.stanford.edu/group/opensource/cgi-bin/wiki/index.php?title=(un)Conference_2008_Notes:_SPHINX_II
http://www.google.cz/search?q=related:www.meraka.org.za/pubs/JACBadenhorst.pdf
http://www.meraka.org.za/pubs/JACBadenhorst.pdf
Hope that helps and feel free to ask any other questions here in IAEP
or in sugar-devel: http://lists.sugarlabs.org/
Regards,
Tomeu
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