Is text-to-speech synthesis ready for use in computer-assisted language learning?

Text-to-speech (TTS) synthesis, the generation of speech from text input, offers another means of providing spoken language input to learners in Computer-Assisted Language Learning (CALL) environments. Indeed, many potential benefits (ease of creation and editing of speech models, generation of spee...

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Published in:	Speech communication Vol. 51; no. 10; pp. 906 - 919
Main Author:	Handley, Zöe
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Elsevier B.V 01.10.2009 Elsevier : North-Holland
Subjects:	CALL Computer Applications Computer Assisted Language Learning Evaluation French as a Second Language Instruction Human Computer Communication Language Teaching Materials Speech synthesis Text to Speech Systems TTS synthesis CALL Evaluation Speech synthesis TTS synthesis
ISSN:	0167-6393, 1872-7182
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