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Text-To-Speech Animation: Generating Visuals Based On Phonetic Spelling, Colin Tomcak
Text-To-Speech Animation: Generating Visuals Based On Phonetic Spelling, Colin Tomcak
Theses/Capstones/Creative Projects
Speech is a complex field, and remarkably difficult to master. There exist many groups who could use more tools to help improve their pronunciation of English words. The goal of this project was to create a text-to-speech animation program as an addition to our group capstone, Pronunciation Pal. Pronunciation Pal is a web-based application meant to assist those who are deaf or hard of hearing in improving their pronunciation, likely as an addition to therapy with a speech pathologist. This application uses tools like diagrams and references to help users better understand how to pronounce a word. The goal of …
Gamification Of Speech Therapy With Pronunciation Pal, Parker Zbylut
Gamification Of Speech Therapy With Pronunciation Pal, Parker Zbylut
Theses/Capstones/Creative Projects
This capstone report examines the theory and implementation behind applying game design principles to educational applications, and explores their implementation in an educational game through the Pronunciation Pal application. The gamification of learning tools aims to increase learners' engagement and attentiveness with a subject by restructuring content using game design principles of challenges, rewards and feedback. Feedback can be delivered via visuals and/or sounds, as well as regular indicators of player progress and accomplishment. In addition, a successful game implementation establishes challenges to facilitate a player's intrinsic desire to continue playing and improving at the skills presented by the game. …