I can speak like a native

Because of speaking rhythm differences between Japanese and English, most native Japanese speakers have difficulty communicating well in English. We have developed a technique of automatically correcting the halting English rhythm of native Japanese speakers by approximating the natural rhythm of native English speakers. However, our previous speaking rhythm conversion technique needed the same sentences to be spoken by a native speaker. In this study, we devised rules for converting the speaking rhythm of native Japanese speakers into that of native English speakers using English speech corpus. We hope that this technique will eventually alleviate the burden involved in communication using non-native languages.

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