2 papers
cs.CL2026
K-Function: Joint Pronunciation Transcription and Feedback for Evaluating Kids Language Function
Shuhe Li, Chenxu Guo, Jiachen Lian +18
Evaluating young children's language is challenging for automatic speech recognizers due to high-pitched voices, prolonged sounds, and limited data. We introduce K-Function, a fram…
eess.AS2025
LCS-CTC: Leveraging Soft Alignments to Enhance Phonetic Transcription Robustness
Zongli Ye, Jiachen Lian, Akshaj Gupta +18
Phonetic speech transcription is crucial for fine-grained linguistic analysis and downstream speech applications. While Connectionist Temporal Classification (CTC) is a widely used…