A freely-available authoring system for browser-based CALL with speech recognition

Myles O'Brien

doi:10.4995/eurocall.2017.6830

Authors

Myles O'Brien Mie Prefectural College of Nursing

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.4995/eurocall.2017.6830

Keywords:

automatic speech recognition, CALL authoring tool, computer assisted language learning, Google speech API

Abstract

A system for authoring browser-based CALL material incorporating Google speech recognition has been developed and made freely available for download. The system provides a teacher with a simple way to set up CALL material, including an optional image, sound or video, which will elicit spoken (and/or typed) answers from the user and check them against a list of specified permitted answers, giving feedback with hints when necessary. The teacher needs no HTML or Javascript expertise, just the facilities and ability to edit text files and upload to the Internet. The structure and functioning of the system are explained in detail, and some suggestions are given for practical use. Finally, some of its limitations are described.

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