FreeTalky: Don’t Be Afraid! Conversations Made Easier by a Humanoid Robot using Persona-based Dialogue (2022.lrec-1)
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| Challenge: | FreeTalky is a deep learning-based foreign language learning platform for people who experience anxiety dealing with foreign languages. |
| Approach: | They propose a deep learning-based foreign language learning platform called FreeTalky . it employs a humanoid robot NAO and various deep learning models . |
| Outcome: | The proposed system provides personalized learning based on persona dialogue and grammar error correction, and also helps alleviate xenoglossophobia by replacing the real human in the conversation with a NAO robot, through human evaluation. |
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