Automatic Pronunciation Grading For Dutch
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various aspects of pronunciation quality and with their The aim of the research reported on here is to develop a system for automatic assessment of foreign speakers’ pronunciation of Dutch. In this paper, special attention is paid to expert ratings of pronunciation, because they are used as a reference to validate the pronunciation scores obtained automatically. It is shown that the ratings can differ between raters and rater groups and it is concluded that these differences should be taken into consideration before going on to develop an automatic system for pronunciation grading.
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