Sunday, November 17, 2019

Google to help you improve your pronunciation, here's how | Speech Recognition Technology


Google to help you improve your pronunciation, here's how | Speech Recognition Technology

Google has rolled out a new feature that is aimed to improve the pronunciation of tricky words. Calling it an experimental pronunciation feature, the internet search giant will now allow its users practice the word right from search results. Further, it is adding images to its English dictionary and translation features “for better” understanding of the meaning of a word.

Previously when you searched for pronunciations, Google search showed results of an audio-video clip from YouTube for you to hear the word. With the new feature, Google will basically make you practice saying the word by letting you say it in phone’s microphone and make suggestions if you mispronounced any part of the word. This feature is rolling out to American English today, with Spanish soon to follow.

“To do this, speech recognition technology processes spoken words by separating them into individual soundbites. Using machine learning, it then cross references your pronunciation with the pronunciation it expects,” said Google in a blog post. Explaining how this works, Google explains, “If you’re practicing how to say “asterisk,” the speech recognition technology analyzes how you said the word and then, it recognizes that the last soundbite was pronounced “rict” instead of “uhsk.” Based on this, you will receive feedback on how you can improve next time.”

Next, coming to the visual part, Google search will now show images that give you additional context when you look up the translation of a word or its definition. This, Google says, can be useful with words that have multiple meanings like “seal,” or “avocado” that aren’t commonly used in all languages or regions. Since it is challenging to describe all words with an image, Google for now will start with nouns and then expand it to other categories. Images in the dictionary features will be available in English today and across all language translations.

“Advances in speech recognition and machine learning can improve the way we learn about languages. We hope these new features give you a creative, more effective way to practice, visualize and remember new words. We plan to expand these features to more languages, accents and regions in the future,” said Google.


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1 comment:

  1. Good information Sir...it feels proud to get knowledge from you...

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