Pre-deep-learning speech recognition was markedly less accurate on non-native speech, undermining automated oral feedback for learners, as the article reports citing prior studies¶
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Currency · newest study 2026 · checked against its sources 2026-10-20 (automated, 1 of 1 entry) · not reviewed by a person · recheck by 2029: tool and model accuracy changes quickly
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q2 i? Dictation systems transcribed native speakers at 90.25% accuracy but Chinese-L1 speakers at 72.45%, and their accuracy did not correlate with human intelligibility judgments. → Guo 2026
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Guo 2026¶
Guo, Q., Tang, J., Huang, X., Lin, H.-Y., Zhong, Y., & Zhuang, X. (2026). LLMersion: A Local-First AI Agent Framework for Low-Cost Home Language Learning toward Educational Equity. https://arxiv.org/abs/2609.29672 doi:10.48550/arxiv.2609.29672
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The article reports, citing McCrocklin (2026), that pre-deep-learning dictation systems showed a native versus non-native accuracy gap ("90.25% accu- racy but Chinese-L1 speakers at 72.45%"). The gap is about 18 percentage points of accuracy; it is not a standardized effect size, so the impact code is i? (no standardized magnitude printed), not a statement that the gap is small.
"dictation sys- tems transcribe native speakers at 90.25% accu- racy but Chinese-L1 speakers at 72.45%, and their accuracy does not correlate with human judgments of intelligibility"
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Pre-deep-learning speech recognition was markedly less accurate on non-native speech, undermining automated oral feedback for learners, as the article reports citing prior studies |
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Pre-deep-learning speech recognition was markedly less accurate on non-native speech, undermining automated oral feedback for learners, as the article reports citing prior studies |
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2026 |
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2026-10-20 |
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2029 |
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by process:wiki-ingest on 2026-10-11 |
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