Browsing by Subject "Speech and Language Technology"

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    • The ABAIR Initiative: Bringing Spoken Irish into the Digital Space 

      Ni Chiarain, Neasa; Gobl, Christer; Ni Chasaide, Ailbhe; Murphy, Andrew (2017)
      The processes of language demise take hold when a language ceases to belong to the mainstream of life’s activities. Digital communication technology increasingly pervades all aspects of modern life. Languages not digitally ...

    • Exploring the Prosody of Affective Speech 

      Giovannini, Anna Maria; Ni Chasaide, Ailbhe (2022)
      This paper introduces a research project on voice quality and affect expression. It explores affective prosody by investigating the relationship between voice source parameter changes and perceived affect. Firstly, it ...

    • Leveraging Phonetic and Speech Research for Irish Language Revitalisation and Maintenance 

      Ni Chiarain, Neasa; Gobl, Christer; Ni Chasaide, Ailbhe; Barnes, Emily (2019)
      The ABAIR initiative illustrates how phonetic research can drive innovative applications that provide endangered-language communities with powerful tools and resources for language maintenance and revitalisation. ABAIR ...

    • An Sc?ala?: autonomous learners harnessing speech and language technologies 

      Ni Chiarain, Neasa; Ni Chasaide, Ailbhe (ISCA, 2019)
      This paper presents an autonomous language learning platform which has speech and language technology at its core. An Scealaí ('the Storyteller') is a web-based interactive iCALL system that allows learners to compose ...