Abstract:IPAtranscriptor is a tool for creating narrow phonetic transcriptions. As it connects to the computer's default text-to-speech engine on demand, the program can be used not only by sighted but also by partially sighted and blind individuals. Sighted users can choose whether they prefer the mouse or the keyboard as their input device. In contrast to other programs, the full set of symbols and diacritics of the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) is implemented and users can produce very narrow phonetic transc… Show more
“…transcription tools; Bai & Yuan, 2019;Pennington & Rogerson-Revell, 2019) and ( 2) learners find that transcription exercises without detailed feedback do not aid in their language acquisition process (Lecumberri & Gallardo, 2003). Several automated transcription tools for teachers are available, such as IPAtranscriptor (Braun, 2020) and Web Transcription Tool (Lecumberri & Gallardo, 2003), which can be used for phonemic transcription activities and selected speech processes (Lecumberri & Gallardo, 2003). Although these tools provide some feedback, the instructor must provide a reference transcription for each activity.…”
Replication studies have become an emerging line of research in recent decades, including in computer-assisted language learning (CALL). Exact replication, which closely follows a study’s protocol, is rare as it is hard to recreate results without establishing a highly controlled environment. However, using data available online, we were able to conduct an exact replication of Łodzikowski’s (2021) study, which reported on the use of an allophonic transcription tool by 55 Polish learners of English. Allophonic features are used by native speakers to produce acoustic variants of the same phoneme. The original study offered learners an allophonic transcription tool, examined how they used it and considered its association with phonological awareness. This study extended the original research by addressing the limitations of its regression and transcription analyses. Our findings allowed us to offer several suggestions on (1) how an allophonic transcription tool can be better designed to help learners, (2) how CALL researchers can acquire more data for more useful research and (3) why more replication studies are needed in CALL.
“…transcription tools; Bai & Yuan, 2019;Pennington & Rogerson-Revell, 2019) and ( 2) learners find that transcription exercises without detailed feedback do not aid in their language acquisition process (Lecumberri & Gallardo, 2003). Several automated transcription tools for teachers are available, such as IPAtranscriptor (Braun, 2020) and Web Transcription Tool (Lecumberri & Gallardo, 2003), which can be used for phonemic transcription activities and selected speech processes (Lecumberri & Gallardo, 2003). Although these tools provide some feedback, the instructor must provide a reference transcription for each activity.…”
Replication studies have become an emerging line of research in recent decades, including in computer-assisted language learning (CALL). Exact replication, which closely follows a study’s protocol, is rare as it is hard to recreate results without establishing a highly controlled environment. However, using data available online, we were able to conduct an exact replication of Łodzikowski’s (2021) study, which reported on the use of an allophonic transcription tool by 55 Polish learners of English. Allophonic features are used by native speakers to produce acoustic variants of the same phoneme. The original study offered learners an allophonic transcription tool, examined how they used it and considered its association with phonological awareness. This study extended the original research by addressing the limitations of its regression and transcription analyses. Our findings allowed us to offer several suggestions on (1) how an allophonic transcription tool can be better designed to help learners, (2) how CALL researchers can acquire more data for more useful research and (3) why more replication studies are needed in CALL.
“…IPAtranscriptor (Braun 2018, see Figure 1) can be used to create narrow phonetic transcriptions by using symbols and diacritics of the International Phonetic Alphabet. The program was written in Python 2.7.14 and ported to Python 3.6.4.…”
IPAtranscriptor is a tool for creating narrow phonetic transcriptions. As it connects to the computer's default text-to-speech engine on demand, the program can be used not only by sighted but also by partially sighted and blind individuals. Sighted users can choose whether they prefer the mouse or the keyboard as their input device. In contrast to other programs, the full set of symbols and diacritics of the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) is implemented and users can produce very narrow phonetic transcriptions as they can insert up to three diacritics above and three diacritics below each IPA symbol to modify it. Furthermore, the program can facilitate the collaboration between blind and sighted phoneticians (or students of linguistics in general) since they can easily exchange their phonetic transcriptions. A conversion of the transcriptions is not necessary as all transcribers can use the same system regardless of their visual abilities. IPAtranscriptor is freely available online and is believed to be the first audio-based program for narrow phonetic transcription that can be used by blind and sighted phoneticians.
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