A Japanese company claims to have invented the world's first artificial intelligence chat robots designed specifically to converse with English language students.
The online characters ââ¬â dubbed chatbots ââ¬â employ high-speed speech recognition technology enabling them to conduct real time spoken conversations directly with students.
The chatbots, created by the language education company SpeakGlobal, can be accessed online and students are also able to participate in the virtual world in which the robots inhabit.
SpeakGlobal has developed online robots that look and move like a human, speak aloud and its dialogue lines appear on the user's computer screen, said the company in a statement.
In relation to SpeakGlobal's new creations, students can log onto the website for around ã9 a month and with the use of a microphone, speak directly with one of a range of chatbot characters.
The level of conversation can be adjusted depending on the skills of the student, while the exchanged spoken words also appear in text on the screen in English, along with an option to translate difficult words or phrases.
In addition, registered students are also able to join the virtual SG World, in which they can meet and befriend chatbots as a means of further advancing their language skills.
Full article: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technolo...obots-to-converse-with-language-students.html
Pretty interesting concept.
The online characters ââ¬â dubbed chatbots ââ¬â employ high-speed speech recognition technology enabling them to conduct real time spoken conversations directly with students.
The chatbots, created by the language education company SpeakGlobal, can be accessed online and students are also able to participate in the virtual world in which the robots inhabit.
SpeakGlobal has developed online robots that look and move like a human, speak aloud and its dialogue lines appear on the user's computer screen, said the company in a statement.
In relation to SpeakGlobal's new creations, students can log onto the website for around ã9 a month and with the use of a microphone, speak directly with one of a range of chatbot characters.
The level of conversation can be adjusted depending on the skills of the student, while the exchanged spoken words also appear in text on the screen in English, along with an option to translate difficult words or phrases.
In addition, registered students are also able to join the virtual SG World, in which they can meet and befriend chatbots as a means of further advancing their language skills.
Full article: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technolo...obots-to-converse-with-language-students.html
Pretty interesting concept.
