Designing an Automated Assessment of Public Speaking Skills Using Multimodal Cues
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چکیده
Traditional assessments of public speaking skills rely on human scoring. We report a n initial study on the development of an automated scoring model for public speaking performances using multimodal technologies. Task design, rubric development, and human rating were conducted according to standards in educational assessment. An initial corpus of 17 speakers with four speaking tasks was collected using audio, video, and 3 -D motion capturing devices. A scoring model based on basic features in speech content, speech delivery, and hand, body, and head movements significantly predicts human rating, suggesting the feasibil ity of using multimodal technologies in the assessment of public speaking skills.
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