This study presents a valuable advance in reconstructing naturalistic speech from intracranial ECoG data using a dual-pathway model. The evidence supporting the claims of the authors is solid, ...

We consider the problem of inducing grapheme-to-phoneme mappings for unknown languages written in a Latin alphabet. First, we collect a data-set of 107 languages with known grapheme-phoneme ...

A study from Charles University and the Czech Academy of Sciences revisits a long-standing idea in language science that speech sounds from one's native language elicit stronger brain responses than ...

The catchall term “the science of reading” has become increasingly popular in recent years—and misunderstandings about what the approach actually entails are commonplace in the media and even in ...

Clarification: A previous version of this story had a different image. It has been updated for clarity. Walk into any kindergarten classroom this fall, and there’s a good chance students will be ...

Abstract: As one of the most representative applications built on deep learning, audio systems, including keyword spotting, automatic speech recognition, and speaker identification, have recently been ...

Phonological awareness is an important set of skills to develop throughout early childhood and primary school. It is strongly linked to later reading and spelling success. We can think about ...

Effective communication is one of the pillars of a successful business. When employees, customers, and other stakeholders can easily access and share information, it facilitates business growth.

Abstract: Automatic Speech Recognition (ASR) systems are widely used for speech censoring. Speech Adversarial Example (AE) offers a novel approach to protect speech privacy by forcing ASR to ...

Literacy instruction is an educational topic that’s practically overflowing with research and resources. But that abundance of options can be difficult to sift through, especially for new teachers ...