2026
K-FUNCTION: JOINT PRONUNCIATION TRANSCRIPTION AND FEEDBACK FOR EVALUATING KIDS LANGUAGE FUNCTION
ICASSP 2026poster
Evaluating young children's language is challenging for automatic speech recognizers due to high-pitched voices, prolonged sounds, and limited data. We introduce K-Function, a framework that combines accurate sub-word transcription with objective, Large Language Model (LLM)-driven scoring. Its core,…