Zackary Rackauckas

Zackary Rackauckas

Speech + NLP researcher. I study speech and language technologies for language learners and children's speech.

A Speech-First Character Interface for Stylized Japanese Dialogue Practice

Published in Interspeech 2026 Show & Tell, 2026

Presents Jouzu, a speech-first Japanese practice system combining character-conditioned dialogue, expressive voice synthesis, persona comparison, and in-place vocabulary support.

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Recommended citation: Rackauckas, Z. (2026). A Speech-First Character Interface for Stylized Japanese Dialogue Practice. Proc. Interspeech 2026, 2388-2389.
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