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Automated Phonetic Transcription Grading Tool

Author

Speights Atkins, Marisha
Bailey, Dallin J.
Seals, Cheryl D.
Li, Guorui
Bassy, Robertson
Cao, Yang
Li, Sicheng
Bennett, Abigail
Ren, Chaohui
Ren, Chang
Mishra, Ishaan
Luan, Yaoxuan
Liu, Jueting

Abstract

The Automated Phonetic Transcription Grading Tool (APTgt) is an online Learning Management System (LMS) that facilitates the comparison of phonetic transcriptions for instruction and clinical training purposes. It uses an embedded IPA graphical keyboard for transcription input. A custom edit distance algorithm aligns transcriptions in an intuitive way and then calculates differences quantitatively. This allows for objective scoring of transcriptions of even severely impaired productions, which may be difficult to score via traditional comparison methods. APTgt also includes support for comparing narrow phonetic transcriptions with diacritics. Contact the Technologies for Speech Language Pathology Research Lab at techslp@auburn.edu for registration information.