Computer-Implemented Systems and Methods for Scoring Concatenated Speech Response
- Author(s):
- Zechner, Klaus; Yoon, Su-Youn; Chen, Lei; Xie, Shasha; Xi, Xiaoming; Ramineni, Chaitanya
- Patent Issued:
- Jun 07, 2016
- Patent Number:
- 9,361,908
- Source:
- ETS Patent
- Document Type:
- Patent
- Family ID:
- 47597965
- Subject/Key Words:
- Patent, Active Patent, Non-Native Speech, Automated Scoring of Speech, Scoring Models, Audiotape Recordings, Computer-Implemented
Abstract
Systems and methods are provided for scoring non-native speech. Two or more speech samples are received, where each of the samples are of speech spoken by a non-native speaker, and where each of the samples are spoken in response to distinct prompts. The two or more samples are concatenated to generate a concatenated response for the non-native speaker, where the concatenated response is based on the two or more speech samples that were elicited using the distinct prompts. A concatenated speech proficiency metric is computed based on the concatenated response, and the concatenated speech proficiency metric is provided to a scoring model, where the scoring model generates a speaking score based on the concatenated speech metric.