SPICE: web-based tools for rapid language adaptation in speech processing systems

In this paper we describe the design and implementation of a user interface for SPICE, a web-based toolkit for rapid prototyping of speech and language processing components. We report on the challenges and experiences gathered from testing these tools in an advanced graduate hands-on course, in which we created speech recognition, speech synthesis, and smalldomain translation components for 10 different languages within only 6 weeks.

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