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The Fluency Pronunciation Trainer

In this article we describe the basis of the Fluency project for foreign language pronunciation training using automatic speech recognition. We describe the theoretical base, the interactive duration correction module, and our work toward adaptation to the way in which the user learns best. We show results in preliminary tests of the latter, and discuss future directions of the project.

Taking the Danish Speech Trainer from CALL to ICALL

Talebob (Speech Bob) is a newly developed interactive CALL-tool for training Danish speech with special regard to the pronunciation of highly idiomatic phrases. Talebob is currently being tested in primary schools in Nuuk, Hafnarfjörður and Tórshavn (where Danish is taught as a L2). The purpose of the current paper is twofold. We first introduce Talebob in its publicly available version, commen...

Indoor Simulator Marksmanship Trainer – Enhanced (ISMT-E) Trainer Upgrade Indoor Simulated Marksmanship Trainer – Enhanced (ISMT-E)

the effect of traffic density on the accident externality from driving the case study of tehran

در این پژوهش به بررسی اثر افزایش ترافیک بر روی تعداد تصادفات پرداخته شده است. به این منظور 30 تقاطع در شهر تهران بطور تصادفی انتخاب گردید و تعداد تصادفات ماهیانه در این تقاطعات در طول سالهای 89-90 از سازمان کنترل ترافیک شهر تهران استخراج گردید و با استفاده از مدل داده های تابلویی و نرم افزار eviews مدل خطی و درجه دوم تخمین زده شد و در نهایت این نتیجه حاصل شد که تقاطعات پر ترافیک تر تعداد تصادفا...

The Laparoscopic-Ring Simulation Trainer

Regardless of the level of experience, surgeons need convenient times and locations to practice laparoscopic skills. Although attendance at formal courses is essential for continuing surgical education, reinforcement is still needed by other means to allow surgeons to learn new operations as they advance. A method is presented here that allows surgeons to practice laparoscopic skills while foll...