| Error selection for ASR-based English pronunciation training in 'My Pronunciation Coach' |
| C. Cucchiarini, H. van den Heuvel, E. Sanders & H. Strik (2011) |
| Proceedings Interspeech 2011 Florence |
| Paper (pdf; 103424 bytes) ; Abstract (html) |
| Human Language Technology and Communicative Disabilities: Requirements and Possibilities for the Future in Dutch. |
| M.Ruiter, A.C.M. Rietveld, C. Cucchiarini, E. Krahmer & H. Strik (2010) |
| Proceedings 7th International Conference of Language Resources and Evaluation, LREC, pp 2839-2846. |
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| Oral proficiency training in Dutch L2: The contribution of ASR-based corrective feedback. |
| C. Cucchiarini, A. Neri & H. Strik (2009) |
| accepted for publication in Speech Communication |
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| Comparing different approaches for automatic pronunciation error detection. |
| H. Strik, K. Truong, F. de Wet & C. Cucchiarini (2009) |
| accepted for publication in Speech Communication |
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| HLT and communicative disabilities: The need for co-operation between government, industry and academia. |
| C. Cucchiarini, D. Lembrechts & H. Strik (2008) |
| Proceedings of LangTech-2008, Rome, February 28-29, 2008, pp. 125-128. |
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| DISCO: Development and Integration of Speech technology into Courseware for language learning. |
| C. Cucchiarini, J.J.H.C. van Doremalen & H. Strik (2008) |
| Proceedings of Interspeech-2008, Brisbane, Australia, Sept. 26-29, 2008, pp. 2791-2794. |
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| The effectiveness of computer-based corrective feedback for improving segmental quality in L2-Dutch. |
| A. Neri, C. Cucchiarini & H. Strik (2008) |
| ReCALL, Volume 20, Issue 02, May 2008, pp. 225-243. |
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| Speech technology for language tutoring. |
| H. Strik, A. Neri & C. Cucchiarini (2008) |
| Proceedings of LangTech-2008, Rome, February 28-29, 2008, pp. 73-76. |
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| A CALL system for practicing speaking proficiency: pronunciation, morphology and syntax. |
| H. Strik, J.J.H.C. van Doremalen & C. Cucchiarini (2008) |
| Proceedings of the XIIIth Int. CALL Conference, Antwerp, 30 August - 1 September 2008, pp. 123-125. |
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| Pronunciation reduction: how it relates to speech style, gender, and age. |
| H. Strik, J.J.H.C. van Doremalen & C. Cucchiarini (2008) |
| Proceedings of Interspeech-2008, Brisbane, Australia, Sept. 26-29, 2008, pp. 1477-1480. |
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| DISCO - Nederlands leren spreken met hulp van de computer. |
| H. Strik & C. Cucchiarini (2008) |
| Special issue van DIXIT over 'Stevin en onderwijs', p. 18. |
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| Recording Speech of Children, Non-Natives and Elderly People for HLT Applications: the JASMIN-CGN Corpus |
| C. Cucchiarini, J. Driesen, H. Van hamme & E. Sanders (2008) |
| LREC 2008, Marrakech, Marocco |
| Paper (pdf; 78841 bytes) ; Abstract (html) |
| ASR-based pronunciation training: Scoring accuracy and pedagogical effectiveness of a system for Dutch L2 learners |
| C. Cucchiarini, A. Neri, F. de Wet & H. Strik (2007) |
| Proceedings of Interspeech-2007, Antwerp, Belgium, pp. 2181-?2184. |
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| Pronunciation training in Dutch as a second language on the basis of automatic speech recognition |
| A. Neri, C. Cucchiarini & H. Strik (2007) |
| Stem-, Spraak- en Taalpathologie, Vol. 15, No. 2, pp. 157-167. |
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| De digitale leesinstructeur |
| H. Strik & C. Cucchiarini (2007) |
| ALFA-nieuws, nummer 4, november 2007, pp. 14-17. |
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| Comparing classifiers for pronunciation error detection |
| H. Strik, K. Truong, F. de Wet & C. Cucchiarini (2007) |
| Proceedings of Interspeech-2007, Antwerp, Belgium, pp. 1837-1840. |
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| Half a word is enough for listeners, but problematic for ASR |
| H. Strik, A. Elffers, D. Bavcar & C. Cucchiarini (2006) |
| Proc. ITRW on Speech Recognition and Intrinsic Variation (SRIV2006), Toulouse, France, May 20, 2006, pp. 101-106. |
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| Selecting segmental errors in L2 Dutch for optimal pronunciation training. |
| A. Neri, C. Cucchiarini & H. Strik (2006) |
| IRAL - International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching, 44, pp. 357–404. |
| Paper (pdf; 273572 bytes) ; Abstract (html) |
| ASR corrective feedback on pronunciation: Does it really work? |
| A. Neri, C. Cucchiarini & H. Strik (2006) |
| Proceedings of ICSLP2006, Pittsburgh, USA, pp. 1982-1985 |
| Paper (pdf; 74586 bytes) ; Abstract (html) |
| Improving segmental quality in L2 Dutch by means of Computer Assisted Pronunciation Training with Automatic Speech Recognition |
| A. Neri, C. Cucchiarini & H. Strik (2006) |
| Proceedings of CALL 2006, Antwerp, Belgium, pp. 144-151 |
| Paper (pdf; 245790 bytes) ; Abstract (html) |
| Multiword Expressions in Spontaneous Speech: Do we really speak like that? |
| H. Strik, D. Binnenpoorte & C. Cucchiarini (2005) |
| Proc. of InterSpeech 2005 (IS2005), Lisbon, 4-8 Sept. 2005, pp. 1161-1164. |
| Paper (pdf; 208585 bytes) ; Abstract (html) |
| Automatic detection of frequent pronunciation errors made by L2-learners. |
| K. Truong, A. Neri, F. de Wet, C. Cucchiarini & H. Strik (2005) |
| Proceedings of InterSpeech 2005 (IS2005), Lisbon, 4-8 Sept. 2005, pp. 1345-1348. |
| Paper (pdf; 117920 bytes) ; Abstract (html) |
| Establishing priorities in the developement of HLT resources: the Dutch-Flemish experience |
| W. Daelemans, D. Binnenpoorte, F. de Vriend, J. Sturm, H. Strik & C. Cucchiarini (2005) |
| In: W. Daelemans, T. Du Plessis, C. Snyman, L. Teck 'Multilingualism and Electronic Language Management. Proceedings of the 4th International MIDP Colloquium, Bloemfontein, South Africa, pp. 9-23. |
| Abstract (html) |
| Multiword Expressions in Spoken Language: an exploratory study on pronunciation variation |
| D. Binnenpoorte, C. Cucchiarini, L. Boves & H. Strik (2005) |
| Computer, Speech & Language 19(4), pp. 433-449. |
| Paper (pdf; 156805 bytes) ; Abstract (html) |
| Automatic pronunciation error detection: an acoustic-phonetic approach |
| K. Truong, A. Neri, C. Cucchiarini & H. Strik (2004) |
| Proceedings of the InSTIL/ICALL Symposium, Venice, 2004, pp. 135-138 |
| Paper (pdf; 66840 bytes) ; Abstract (html) |
| Segmental errors in Dutch as a second language: How to establish priorities for CAPT |
| A. Neri, C. Cucchiarini & H. Strik (2004) |
| Proceedings of the InSTIL/ICALL Symposium, Venice, 2004, pp. 13-16 |
| Paper (pdf; 73664 bytes) ; Abstract (html) |
| Improving Automatic Phonetic Transcription of Spontaneous Speech through Variant-Based Pronunciation Variation Modelling |
| D. Binnenpoorte, C. Cucchiarini, H. Strik & L. Boves (2004) |
| Proceedings of LREC2004, Lisbon, Portugal |
| Paper (pdf; 66611 bytes) ; Abstract (html) |
| Automatic phonetic transcription: An overview |
| C. Cucchiarini & H. Strik (2003) |
| Proceedings of 15th ICPhS, Barcelona, Spain, pp. 347-350 |
| Paper (pdf; 83832 bytes) ; Abstract (html) |
| A data-driven method for modeling pronunciation variation |
| J.M. Kessens, C. Cucchiarini & H. Strik (2003) |
| Speech Communication 40(4): 517-534 |
| Paper (pdf; 545441 bytes) ; Abstract (html) |
| Automatic Speech Recognition for second language learning: How and why it actually works |
| A. Neri, C. Cucchiarini & H. Strik (2003) |
| Proceedings of 15th ICPhS, Barcelona, Spain, pp. 1157-1160 |
| Paper (pdf; 151463 bytes) ; Abstract (html) |
| Phonetic Transcription of Large Speech Corpora: How to boost efficiency without affecting quality |
| D. Binnenpoorte & C. Cucchiarini (2003) |
| Proceedings of 15th ICPhS, Barcelona, Spain, pp. 2981-2984 |
| Paper (pdf; 59453 bytes) ; Abstract (html) |
| How to Improve Human and Machine Transcriptions of Spontaneous Speech |
| D. Binnenpoorte, S.M.A. Goddijn & C. Cucchiarini (2003) |
| Proceedings of ISCA/IEEE Workshop on Spontaneous Speech Processing and Recognition (SSPR), Tokyo, Japan, pp. 147-150 |
| Paper (pdf; 64348 bytes) ; Abstract (html) |
| The pedagogy-technology interface in Computer Assisted Pronunciation Training |
| A. Neri, C. Cucchiarini, H. Strik & L. Boves (2002) |
| Computer Assisted Language Learning, 15:5, pp. 441-467 |
| Paper (pdf; 260780 bytes) ; Abstract (html) |
| Dutch HLT resources: From blark to priority lists |
| H. Strik, W. Daelemans, D. Binnenpoorte, J. Sturm, F. de Vriend & C. Cucchiarini (2002) |
| Proceedings of ICSLP, Denver, USA, pp. 1549-1552 |
| Paper (pdf; 86657 bytes) ; Abstract (html) |
| Quantitative assessment of second language learners' fluency: Comparisons between read and spontaneous speech |
| C. Cucchiarini, H. Strik & L. Boves (2002) |
| Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, Vol. 111 (6), pp. 2862-2873 |
| Paper (pdf; 95232 bytes) ; Abstract (html) |
| Validation and Improvement of Automatic Phonetic Transcriptions |
| C. Cucchiarini & D. Binnenpoorte (2002) |
| Proceedings of ICSLP, Denver, USA, pp. 313-316 |
| Paper (pdf; 62055 bytes) ; Abstract (html) |
| Modeling pronunciation variation for ASR: Comparing criteria for rule selection |
| J.M. Kessens, H. Strik & C. Cucchiarini (2002) |
| Proceedings of Workshop on Pronunciation Modeling and Lexicon Adaptation, Estes Park, USA, pp. 18-23 |
| Paper (pdf; 337141 bytes) ; Abstract (html) |
| Feedback in Computer Assisted Pronunciation Training: When technology meets pedagogy |
| A. Neri, C. Cucchiarini & H. Strik (2002) |
| Proceedings of CALL Conference "CALL professionals and the future of CALL research", Antwerp, Belgium, pp. 179-188 |
| Paper (pdf; 137374 bytes) ; Abstract (html) |
| Feedback in Computer Assisted Pronunciation Training: technology push or demand pull? |
| A. Neri, C. Cucchiarini & H. Strik (2002) |
| Proceedings of ICSLP 2002, Denver, USA, pp. 1209-1212 |
| Paper (pdf; 116843 bytes) ; Abstract (html) |
| Towards a roadmap for Human Language Technologies: Dutch-Flemish experience |
| D. Binnenpoorte, C. Cucchiarini, E. d'Halleweyn, J. Sturm & F. de Vriend (2002) |
| Proceedings of LREC2002, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain |
| Paper (pdf; 91849 bytes) ; Abstract (html) |
| A Field Survey for Establishing Priorities in the Development of HLT Resources for Dutch |
| D. Binnenpoorte, F. de Vriend, J. Sturm, H. Strik, W. Daelemans & C. Cucchiarini (2002) |
| Proceedings of LREC2002, Gran Canaria de Las Palmas, Spain |
| Paper (pdf; 71919 bytes) ; Abstract (html) |
| R was eens? Over verdwijning, verkwijning en verschijning van de r |
| H. van den Heuvel & C. Cucchiarini (2002) |
| Onze Taal, 71ste jaargang no. 4, april 2002, pp. 94-95. |
| Paper (ps; 149481 bytes) ; Abstract (html) |
| Strengthening the Dutch Human Language Technology Infrastructure |
| C. Cucchiarini, W. Daelemans & H. Strik (2001) |
| ELRA newsletter, Vol. 6, nr. 4, pp. 3-7 |
| Paper (pdf; 63105 bytes) ; Abstract (html) |
| Comparing the performance of two CSRs: How to determine the significance level of the differences |
| H. Strik, C. Cucchiarini & J.M. Kessens (2001) |
| Proceedings of Eurospeech 2001, Aalborg, Denmark, Vol. 3, pp. 2091-2094 |
| Paper (pdf; 63999 bytes) ; Abstract (html) |
| Strengthening the Dutch Language and Speech Technology Infrastructure |
| C. Cucchiarini, W. Daelemans & H. Strik (2001) |
| Notes from the Cocosda Workshop 2001, Aalborg, 2 Sept. 2001, pp. 110-113 |
| Paper (pdf; 54284 bytes) ; Abstract (html) |
| Obtaining Phonetic Transcriptions: A Comparison between Expert Listeners and a Continuous Speech Recognizer |
| M. Wester, J.M. Kessens, C. Cucchiarini & H. Strik (2001) |
| Language and Speech, 2001, 44(3), 377-403 |
| Paper (pdf; 810233 bytes) ; Abstract (html) |
| r-deletion in Dutch. Rumours or reality |
| H. van den Heuvel & C. Cucchiarini (2001) |
| Velde, H. Van de, Hout, R. van (eds) (2001) 'r-atics: Sociolinguistic, phonetic and phonological characteristics of /r/. Etudes & Travaux - ILVP/ULB. No 4. Brussels. pp. 185-198. |
| Paper (ps; 489654 bytes) ; Abstract (html) |
| Phonetic Transcriptions in the Spoken Dutch Corpus: how to combine efficiency and good transcription quality |
| C. Cucchiarini, D. Binnenpoorte & S.M.A. Goddijn (2001) |
| Proceedings Eurospeech 2001 Aalborg, Denmark. pp. 1679-1682 |
| Paper (pdf; 59440 bytes) ; Abstract (html) |
| Effective feedback on L2 pronunciation in ASR-based CALL |
| A. Neri, C. Cucchiarini & H. Strik (2001) |
| Proceedings of the workshop on Computer Assisted Language Learning, Artificial Intelligence in Education Conference, San Antonio, Texas, pp. 40-48. |
| Paper (pdf; 167835 bytes) ; Abstract (html) |
| Pronunciation Evaluation in Read and Spontaneous Speech: a Comparison between Human Ratings and Automatic Scores |
| C. Cucchiarini, H. Strik, D. Binnenpoorte & L. Boves (2000) |
| Proceedings of New Sounds 2000, Fourth International Symposium on the Acquisition of Second-Language Speech, Amsterdam, the Netherlands |
| Paper (ps; 716459 bytes) ; Abstract (html) |
| Different aspects of expert pronunciation quality ratings and their relation to scores produced by speech recognition algorithms |
| C. Cucchiarini, H. Strik & L. Boves (2000) |
| Speech Communication, 30 (2-3), pp. 109-119 |
| Paper (pdf; 115972 bytes) ; Abstract (html) |
| Quantitative assessment of second language learners' fluency by means of automatic speech recognition technology |
| C. Cucchiarini, H. Strik & L. Boves (2000) |
| Journal of the Acoustical Society of America Vol. 107 (2), pp. 989-999 |
| Paper (pdf; 86035 bytes) ; Abstract (html) |
| A bottom-up Method for Obtaining Information about Pronunciation Variation |
| J.M. Kessens, H. Strik & C. Cucchiarini (2000) |
| Proceedings of ICSLP 2000 (Volume I), Beijing, China, pp. 274-277 |
| Paper (pdf; 40406 bytes) ; Abstract (html) |
| Comparing the recognition performance of CSRs: In search of an adequate metric and statistical significance test |
| H. Strik, C. Cucchiarini & J.M. Kessens (2000) |
| Proceedings of ICSLP 2000 (Volume IV), Beijing, China, pp. 740-743 |
| Paper (pdf; 30153 bytes) ; Abstract (html) |
| L2 Pronunciation Quality in Read and Spontaneous Speech |
| H. Strik, C. Cucchiarini & D. Binnenpoorte (2000) |
| Proceedings of ICSLP 2000 |
| Paper (pdf; 39124 bytes) ; Abstract (html) |
| Towards an Automatic Oral Proficiency Test for Dutch as a Second Language: Automatic Pronunciation Assessment in Read and Spontaneous Speech |
| C. Cucchiarini, H. Strik, D. Binnenpoorte & L. Boves (2000) |
| Proceedings of Instil 2000 |
| Paper (pdf; 64114 bytes) ; Abstract (html) |
| Modeling pronunciation variation for ASR: a survey of the literature. |
| H. Strik & C. Cucchiarini (1999) |
| Special Issue of Speech Communication on 'Modeling Pronunciation Variation for Automatic Speech Recognition', Vol. 29, No. 2-4, pp. 225-246 |
| Abstract (html) |
| Automatic assessment of second language learners' fluency |
| H. Strik & C. Cucchiarini (1999) |
| Proceedings of the 14th International Congress of Phonetic Sciences, San Francisco, USA, pp. 759-762. |
| Paper (ps; 474073 bytes) ; Abstract (html) |
| Using likelihood ratios to perform utterance verification in automatic pronunciation assessment. |
| F. de Wet, C. Cucchiarini, H. Strik & L. Boves (1999) |
| Proceedings Eurospeech'99, Budapest, Hungary, Vol. 1, pp. 173-176 |
| Paper (ps; 473627 bytes) ; Abstract (html) |
| The Selection of Pronunciation Variants: Comparing the Performance of Man and Machine |
| J.M. Kessens, M. Wester, C. Cucchiarini & H. Strik (1998) |
| Proceedings International Conference on Spoken Language Processing, Vol. 6, pp. 2715-2718 |
| Paper (pdf; 95980 bytes) ; Abstract (html) |
| Selection of Pronunciation Variants in Spontaneous Speech: Comparing the Performance of Man and Machine |
| M. Wester, J.M. Kessens, C. Cucchiarini & H. Strik (1998) |
| Proceedings of the ESCA Workshop on the Sound Patterns of Spontaneous Speech: Production and Perception, Aix-en-Provence, 1998, pp. 157-160 |
| Paper (pdf; 83342 bytes) ; |
| Postvocalic /r/-deletion in standard Dutch: how phonological research can profit from ASR technology |
| C. Cucchiarini & H. van den Heuvel (1998) |
| Proceedings International Conference on Spoken Language Processing, Vol. 5, pp. 1759-1763 |
| Paper (ps; 368156 bytes) ; Abstract (html) |
| Quantitative assessment of second language learners' fluency: an automatic approach |
| C. Cucchiarini, H. Strik & L. Boves (1998) |
| Proceedings International Conference on Spoken Language Processing, Vol. 6, pp. 2619-2623 |
| Paper (ps; 400435 bytes) ; Abstract (html) |
| Assessment of Dutch pronunciation by means of automatic speech recognition technology: Automatic pronunciation grading for Dutch |
| C. Cucchiarini, H. Strik, F. de Wet & L. Boves (1998) |
| Proceedings International Conference on Spoken Language Processing, Vol. 5, pp. 1739-1742 |
| Paper (ps; 380303 bytes) ; Abstract (html) |
| Automatic pronunciation grading for Dutch |
| C. Cucchiarini, H. Strik & L. Boves (1998) |
| Proceedings ESCA workshop Speech Technology and Language Learning, Marholmen |
| Paper (ps; 423735 bytes) ; Abstract (html) |
| Modeling pronunciation variation for ASR: overview and comparison of methods |
| H. Strik & C. Cucchiarini (1998) |
| In: H. Strik, J.M. Kessens, M. Wester (eds.), Proceedings of the ESCA workshop 'Modeling Pronunciation Variation for Automatic Speech Recognition', Rolduc, Kerkrade, 4-6 May 1998, pp. 137-144. |
| Paper (ps; 636171 bytes) ; Abstract (html) |
| Automatic evaluation of Dutch pronunciation by using speech recognition technology |
| C. Cucchiarini, H. Strik & L. Boves (1997) |
| Proceedings IEEE workshop ASRU, Santa Barbara, pp. 622-629, 1997 |
| Paper (ps; 99113 bytes) ; Abstract (html) |
| Using speech recognition technology to assess of foreign speakers' pronunciation of Dutch |
| C. Cucchiarini, H. Strik & L. Boves (1997) |
| Proceedings New Sounds '97, Klagenfurt, pp. 61-68, 1997 |
| Abstract (html) |
| Automatic assessment of foreign speakers' pronunciation of Dutch |
| C. Cucchiarini, H. Strik & L. Boves (1997) |
| Proceedings Eurospeech '97, pp. 713-716 |
| Abstract (html) |
| A spoken dialog system for the Dutch public transport information service. |
| H. Strik, A.J.M. Russel, H. van den Heuvel, C. Cucchiarini & L. Boves (1997) |
| Int. Journal of Speech Technology, Vol. 2, No. 2, pp. 119-129. |
| Abstract (html) |
| Testing a method for modelling pronunciation variation |
| J.M. Kessens, M. Wester, C. Cucchiarini & H. Strik (1997) |
| Proceedings of the COST workshop, Rhodos, 26-27 September 1997, pp. 37-40. |
| Paper (pdf; 50632 bytes) ; Abstract (html) |
| Proceedings of the Department of Language & Speech, Vol. 20 |
| H. Strik, N.H.J. Oostdijk, C. Cucchiarini & P.A.J.M. Coppen (1997) |
| Department of Language & Speech, Nijmegen |
| Abstract (html) |
| Modelling pronunciation variation: some preliminary results. |
| M. Wester, J.M. Kessens, C. Cucchiarini & H. Strik (1997) |
| Proceedings of the Dept. of Language & Speech, Vol. 20, Nijmegen, The Netherlands, 1997, pp. 127-137 |
| Paper (pdf; 57204 bytes) ; Abstract (html) |
| Localizing a spoken dialog system for train timetable information. |
| H. Strik, A.J.M. Russel, H. van den Heuvel, C. Cucchiarini & L. Boves (1997) |
| Paper for the COST249 meeting in Rome, February 17-18 1997. |
| Paper (ps; 526415 bytes) ; Abstract (html) |
| A spoken dialogue system for public transport information. |
| H. Strik, A.J.M. Russel, H. van den Heuvel, C. Cucchiarini & L. Boves (1996) |
| Proceedings of the Department of Language & Speech, Vol. 19, pp. 129-142, Nijmegen, The Netherlands, 1996. |
| Paper (ps; 645474 bytes) ; Abstract (html) |
| Proceedings of the Department of Language and Speech, Vol. 19. |
| H. Strik, N.H.J. Oostdijk, C. Cucchiarini & P.A.J.M. Coppen (1996) |
| Department of Language and Speech, Nijmegen. |
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| Localizing an automatic inquiry system for public transport information. |
| H. Strik, A.J.M. Russel, H. van den Heuvel, C. Cucchiarini & L. Boves (1996) |
| (ICSLP'96), Vol. 2, pp. 853-856, October 3-6, Philadelphia, USA |
| Paper (pdf; 45316 bytes) ; Abstract (html) |
| Assessing transcription agreement: methodological aspects |
| C. Cucchiarini (1996) |
| Clinical Linguistics & Phonetics, Vol. 10, No. 2, pp. 131-155, 1996 |
| Abstract (html) |
| Proprioceptive evaluation of distances between Czech vowels |
| C. Cucchiarini & A.C.M. Rietveld (1990) |
| In: Proceedings of the Department of Language and Speech,Nijmegen: KU Nijmegen, pp 15-24. |
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