Abstract: The current pronunciation scoring based on Goodness of Pronunciation (GOP) uses posterior probabilities of the Acoustic Models. Such algorithms suffer from generalization since they are ...

Abstract: In the field of expressive speech synthesis, a lot of work has been conducted on suprasegmental prosodic features while few has been done on pronunciation variants. However, prosody is ...

With athletes from all around the world competing at the 2026 Winter Olympics, pronouncing their names can get a little tricky at times. Luckily, the official Olympics website has a handy way to help ...

The CMU Pronouncing Dictionary (also known as cmudict) is a public domain pronouncing dictionary created by Carnegie Mellon University (CMU). It defines a mapping from English words to their North ...

Glycosyl diglycerides are widely distributed in Gram-positive bacteria. Those examined so far contain only glucose, galactose or mannose, and they can be classified according to the nature of the ...

Comedian Jon Stewart and his audience were among those mocking President Trump’s pronunciation of acetaminophen on Monday. The president struggled to pronounce the medicine during a press conference ...

Arizona has its fair share of place names that outsiders, and sometimes even locals, struggle to pronounce. If you’ve ever pronounced Prescott as “Press-scott” instead of “Press-kitt” or called the ...

If you're new to Georgia, or even a lifelong resident, you've probably stumbled over a few town names that look simple on paper but sound completely different when spoken aloud. From silent syllables ...

Decades into his Academy Award-winning career, Denzel Washington is setting the record straight on how to pronounce his name. During a Sept. 2 appearance on "Jimmy Kimmel Live!," "The Equalizer" actor ...

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