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Wednesday, December 07, 2011 by Chris Wellekens

3-3-15 (2012-06-06) International Symposium on Audiovisual Detection of Errors in Pronunciation Training (IS ADEPT)
  
http://www.isca-speech.org/iscaweb/iscapad/iscapad.php?module=article&id=2022

Invitation to and call for papers for the

International Symposium on Audiovisual Detection of Errors in
Pronunciation Training (IS ADEPT)

KTH, Stockholm, Sweden
6-8 June 2012
www.speech.kth.se/isadept

This symposium is a one-time event endorsed by SLaTE (the ISCA Special
Interest Group on Speech and Language Technologies in Education) and
organized to bring together academia and industry within the field of
Computer Assisted Pronunciation Training (CAPT). Its aim is to reach a
common understanding of the current state-of-the-art in methods for
pronunciation error analysis and their use in CAPT software in order
to identify the needs and paths for future research.

Keynote speakers
Lewis Johnson, Chief scientist at Alelo Inc.
Gary Pelton, Vice President, Speech Development at Rosetta Stone
Horacio Franco, Speech Technology & Research Laboratory SRI International
Gary Pelton, Vice President Carnegie Speech
Helmer Strik, Radboud University Nijmegen
Silke Witt-Ehsani, Vice President, TuVox Design Center
Florian Hoenig, University of Erlangen

The invited speakers will give presentations focusing on overviews of
automatic pronunciation detection methods in commercial applications
and research projects, ongoing development of pronunciation analysis
algorithms, and the pedagogical or pragmatic needs in future
development.
The symposium program will also include regular scientific
presentations, a demo session, panel discussion plus a social program
(included common lunches, symposium dinner and guided visit to the
Stockholm City Hall).

Paper submissions
Prospective participants should submit a full 4 or 6 page paper, or a
1 page demo proposal.

Important Dates
Paper Submission: 15 February 2012
Notification of Acceptance: 13 April 2012
Demo description Submission: 13 April 2012
Camera-Ready Paper: 4 May 2012
Early registration Deadline: 4 May 2012

www.speech.kth.se/isadept
isadept2012@speech.kth.se

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