SynctoLearn: An Automatic Video and Script Synchronization Tools for ESL Learners
Many authentic English video clips are available on the Internet, but most of these video clips do not have captions. If captions can be added to videos, ESL students might understand the content better and pick up more vocabulary items. To help more ESL teachers and students to make better use of authentic videos, an automatic video and scripts synchronization system called SynctoLearn was developed. The SynctoLearn system uses speech recognition technologies and it can automatically synchronize videos and scripts. Based on user our survey results, ESL students indicated that they enjoyed watching synchronized videos. They like the design of SynctoLearn system and they in particular like the options that they can click and replay any video segments and show/hide the captions at any time. However, students suggested that the video size and quality can be further improved. The presentation of captions can also be enhanced. Moreover, tools like online dictionary and speed control can also be integrated into the system.
Hao-Jan Howard Chen
Department of English,National Taiwan Normal University
国际会议
2009 International Conference on Applied Linguistics & Language Teaching(2009应用语言学暨语言教学国际研讨会)
台湾
英文
271-279
2009-04-01（万方平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）