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A Speech-enabled Fixed-phrase Translator for Healthcare Accessibility
In this overview article we describe an application designed to enable communication between health practitioners and patients who do not share a common language, in situations where professional interpreters are not available.
Producing Standard German Subtitles for Swiss German TV Content
In this study we compare two approaches (neural machine translation and edit-based) and the use of synthetic data for the task of translating normalised Swiss German ASR output into correct written Standard German for subtitles, with a special focus on syntactic differences.
A Neural Machine Translation Approach to Translate Text to Pictographs in a Medical Speech Translation System - The BabelDr Use Case
The use of images has been shown to positively affect patient comprehension in medical settings, in particular to deliver specific medical instructions.
Standard German Subtitling of Swiss German TV content: the PASSAGE Project
In Switzerland, two thirds of the population speak Swiss German, a primarily spoken language with no standardised written form.
Ellipsis Translation for a Medical Speech to Speech Translation System
In diagnostic interviews, elliptical utterances allow doctors to question patients in a more efficient and economical way.
The PASSAGE project : Standard German Subtitling of Swiss German TV content
We present the PASSAGE project, which aims at automatic Standard German subtitling of Swiss German TV content.
Constructing Multimodal Language Learner Texts Using LARA: Experiences with Nine Languages
LARA (Learning and Reading Assistant) is an open source platform whose purpose is to support easy conversion of plain texts into multimodal online versions suitable for use by language learners.
A Shared Task for Spoken CALL?
We argue that the field of spoken CALL needs a shared task in order to facilitate comparisons between different groups and methodologies, and describe a concrete example of such a task, based on data collected from a speech-enabled online tool which has been used to help young Swiss German teens practise skills in English conversation.
Helping Domain Experts Build Speech Translation Systems
We present a new platform, "Regulus Lite", which supports rapid development and web deployment of several types of phrasal speech translation systems using a minimal formalism.
A Large-Scale Evaluation of Pre-editing Strategies for Improving User-Generated Content Translation
The user-generated content represents an increasing share of the information available today.
Evaluating Appropriateness Of System Responses In A Spoken CALL Game
We describe an experiment carried out using a French version of CALL-SLT, a web-enabled CALL game in which students at each turn are prompted to give a semi-free spoken response which the system then either accepts or rejects.
