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Multi-task Pretraining for Enhancing Interpretable L2 Pronunciation Assessment
Jiun-Ting Li, Bi-Cheng Yan, Yi-Cheng Wang +1
Automatic pronunciation assessment (APA) analyzes second-language (L2) learners' speech by providing fine-grained pronunciation feedback at various linguistic levels. Most existing…
Automated Speaking Assessment of Conversation Tests with Novel Graph-based Modeling on Spoken Response Coherence
Jiun-Ting Li, Bi-Cheng Yan, Tien-Hong Lo +3
Automated speaking assessment in conversation tests (ASAC) aims to evaluate the overall speaking proficiency of an L2 (second-language) speaker in a setting where an interlocutor i…
An Effective Context-Balanced Adaptation Approach for Long-Tailed Speech Recognition
Yi-Cheng Wang, Li-Ting Pai, Bi-Cheng Yan +3
End-to-end (E2E) automatic speech recognition (ASR) models have become standard practice for various commercial applications. However, in real-world scenarios, the long-tailed natu…
DANCER: Entity Description Augmented Named Entity Corrector for Automatic Speech Recognition
Yi-Cheng Wang, Hsin-Wei Wang, Bi-Cheng Yan +2
End-to-end automatic speech recognition (E2E ASR) systems often suffer from mistranscription of domain-specific phrases, such as named entities, sometimes leading to catastrophic f…