--- Forwarded Message from "Wolfgang E. Adolph" <[log in to unmask]> ---
>Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2005 13:31:32 -0500
>To: Language Learning and Technology International Information Forum
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>From: "Wolfgang E. Adolph" <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: Re: #7791.7 Oral testing in lab -text to voice
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Hi,
some time ago I asked to get a demo account on edufolio, and just now had
time to check some of the features - nice.
But what blew me away was their text to voice implementation.
I simply copied a page of German text which I use as a sight reading
asignment from Word into the little window and clicked on the German male
voice. From previous experiences I expected a bad artificial voice
struggling with the text. The result was, that within about 10 seconds I
heard a very good oral rendition of my text - a little too fast maybe, and
some pauses should have been more marked. But considering, that I have not
read their manual, and the whole process took about 3 minutes, it was quite
amazing.
Anybody who is looking at text to voice should have a look at this
implementation.
Wolfgang
PS - No I have no connection with the company or their products.
At 04:40 PM 2/14/2005, you wrote:
>--- Forwarded Message from "Brandon S. Lee" <[log in to unmask]> ---
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> >Subject: RE: #7791 Oral testing in lab
> >Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2005 10:34:30 -0500
> >Thread-Topic: #7791 Oral testing in lab
> >Thread-Index: AcUOHSaczYJ1axjaSuaHWr0A8QRP6AEjLksg
> >From: "Brandon S. Lee" <[log in to unmask]>
> >To: "Language Learning and Technology International Information Forum"
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>Marcella,
>
>I taught a course at UNC-Chapel Hill last year where we got rid of tapes
>and decreased in-class time by using technology extensively. I replaced
>most of the in-class repetitive exercises with web-based recordings,
>recorded videos of the students that we put online, and did 90% of the
>homework online.
>
>If you would like to see the course I taught, I set up a fake user
>account that you (or anybody else) can use to see what it looks like.
>
>URL: http://courses.edufolio.com
>Login: [log in to unmask]
>Password: llti
>
>There are two courses: French 21 and French 2X. The 2X course has quite
>a bit of recorded material. You can click on the assessments to the
>right to see them/try them out. The French 21 course shows extensive
>use of the discussion forums. Some of the audio from student
>presentations is not great, but that is because they recorded from a
>laptop with no external microphone. I required that they have a $5
>microphone, but some didn't buy it. For group work, the external mic is
>recommended. For their individual assignments, the built-in mics on the
>laptops worked fine.
>
>You need Flash Player 6+ to hear/record audio.
>
>Regards,
>Brandon
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: LLTI-Editor [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
>Sent: Tuesday, February 08, 2005 3:31 PM
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>Subject: #7791 Oral testing in lab
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>--- Forwarded Message from Marcella Rollmann <[log in to unmask]> ---
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> >Date: Mon, 7 Feb 2005 20:53:18 -0330 (NST)
> >From: Marcella Rollmann <[log in to unmask]>
> >To: [log in to unmask]
> >Subject: Oral testing in lab
>
>
>Dear Colleagues, we would like to hear about your successes or failures
>with oral testing in a computer lab. What hardware, software, etc.
>worked
>or didn't work.
>
>We currently have two labs: a cassette lab for listening/speaking
>practice and oral testing, and a digital lab, which we have used mostly
>for writing / grammar practice. We are in the process of phasing out the
>cassette lab, since there are more and more materials available with
>audio
>components for computer labs. We are wondering, however, how we are
>going
>to accomplish oral testing in the computer lab. We test hundreds of
>students at the end of each semester in the cassette lab. The students
>hear about 10 recorded questions and have to respond, recording their
>answers. There is also a listening comprehension component, but we
>foresee
>no problem with that. We then collect the tapes and listen to them on
>tape
>recorders in our offices. How will we replace this kind of testing with
>computers? Could we even use a video clip for each question and have
>the
>students respond to that rather than just an audio clip? Someone has
>suggested WebCt might work as the management tool. Has anyone tried
>this?
>
>Thanks for any help!
>Marcella Rollmann
>Assistant Professor
>Department of German
>Memorial University
>St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada
>
>
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