Papers by Manny Rayner
Constructing Multimodal Language Learner Texts Using LARA: Experiences with Nine Languages (2020.lrec-1)
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Elham Akhlaghi, Branislav Bédi, Fatih Bektaş, Harald Berthelsen, Matthias Butterweck, Cathy Chua, Catia Cucchiarin, Gülşen Eryiğit, Johanna Gerlach, Hanieh Habibi, Neasa Ní Chiaráin, Manny Rayner, Steinþór Steingrímsson, Helmer Strik
| Challenge: | LARA is an open source project that aims to support easy conversion of plain texts into online versions suitable for use by language learners. |
| Approach: | They propose to support easy conversion of plain texts into online versions suitable for use by language learners. |
| Outcome: | The proposed platform is suitable for creating texts in multiple languages via crowdsourcing techniques that can be used for teaching a language via reading and listening. |
Using the LARA Little Prince to compare human and TTS audio quality (2022.lrec-1)
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Elham Akhlaghi, Ingibjörg Iða Auðunardóttir, Anna Bączkowska, Branislav Bédi, Hakeem Beedar, Harald Berthelsen, Cathy Chua, Catia Cucchiarin, Hanieh Habibi, Ivana Horváthová, Junta Ikeda, Christèle Maizonniaux, Neasa Ní Chiaráin, Chadi Raheb, Manny Rayner, John Sloan, Nikos Tsourakis, Chunlin Yao
| Challenge: | A popular idea in Computer Assisted Language Learning (CALL) is to use multimodal annotated texts to support reading. |
| Approach: | They propose to use an open source platform to create good quality audio for L2 learning . they use four passages from LARA versions of Saint-Exupèry’s “Le petit prince” to instantiate the 2x2 cross product of dialogue, not-dialogue and humour, not humor. |
| Outcome: | The proposed method is based on a web form and ten languages. |