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DYNARTmo: A Dynamic Articulatory Model for Visualization of Speech Movement Patterns

Computation and Language 2025-11-07 v5

Abstract

We present DYNARTmo, a dynamic articulatory model designed to visualize speech articulation processes in a two-dimensional midsagittal plane. The model builds upon the UK-DYNAMO framework and integrates principles of articulatory underspecification, segmental and gestural control, and coarticulation. DYNARTmo simulates six key articulators based on ten continuous and six discrete control parameters, allowing for the generation of both vocalic and consonantal articulatory configurations. The current implementation is embedded in a web-based application (SpeechArticulationTrainer) that includes sagittal, glottal, and palatal views, making it suitable for use in phonetics education and speech therapy. While this paper focuses on the static modeling aspects, future work will address dynamic movement generation and integration with articulatory-acoustic modules.

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@article{arxiv.2507.20343,
  title  = {DYNARTmo: A Dynamic Articulatory Model for Visualization of Speech Movement Patterns},
  author = {Bernd J. Kröger},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2507.20343},
  year   = {2025}
}

Comments

10 pages, 29 references, 2 figures, supplementary material. V2: Discussion of the tongue-palate contact pattern for /t/. V4: replaces wrong paper upload (of V3). V5: minor corrections

R2 v1 2026-07-01T04:21:06.971Z