Abstract: An interactive computer assisted pronunciation learning system which allows a student to compare his/her pronunciation with that of a model speaker on video and to replace the model speaker's voice in the video with the student's own interaction of the model's dialog. A model speaker's recorded reading of a text is digitally linked to and aligned with each corresponding syllable of the text. Pitch, volume, and duration parameters of each syllable are extracted digitally and displayed in a simplified notation above each word. The student's own speech is also recorded, analyzed, displayed, and/or replaced in same manner. In addition to the option of replacing the audio system of the model speaker's dialog with the student's own, the student can choose the option of overlapping his/her own notations above those of the model speaker and determine whether, to what extent, and on which parameters his own speech varies from that of the model speaker.

Abstract: An interactive computer assisted pronunciation learning system which allows a student to compare his/her pronunciation with that of a model speaker. A model speaker's recorded reading of text is digitally linked to and aligned with each corresponding syllable of the text. Pitch, volume and duration parameters of each syllable are extracted digitally and displayed in a simplified notation above each word. The student's own speech is also recorded, analyzed, displayed, and/or replayed in the same manner. The student can choose the option of overlapping his/her own notation above those of the model speaker and determine whether, to what extent, and on which parameters his own speech varies from that of the model speaker. Scores may be provided in the margin denoting the percentage of correct correspondence to the model as well as the type and degree of each error.