Author:Van Niekerk, DR; Barnard, EDate:Sep 2010The authors present an initial investigation into the acoustic realisation of tone in continuous utterances in Sepedi (a language in the Southern Bantu family). An analytic model for the generation of appropriate pitch contours given an ...Read more
Author:Davel, MH; De Wet, FebeDate:Sep 2010The authors describe a new language-independent technique for automatically identifying errors in an electronic pronunciation dictionary by analyzing the source of conflicting patterns directly.They evaluate the effectiveness of the technique ...Read more
Author:Barnard, E; Schalkwyk, J; Van Heerden, C; Moreno, PJDate:Sep 2010In light of the serious problems with both illiteracy and information access in the developing world, there is a widespread belief that speech technology can play a significant role in improving the quality of life of developing-world citizens. ...Read more