Artificial Intelligence in Acoustic Phonetics
A special issue of Acoustics (ISSN 2624-599X).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 15 July 2026 | Viewed by 735
Special Issue Editor
Interests: speech; language; communication disorders; machine learning; artificial intelligence
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is transforming the landscape of acoustic phonetics, ushering in a new era of research, pedagogy, and clinical practice. The studies presented in this Special Issue explore the multifaceted roles of AI in phonetic science, from AI-driven applications for pronunciation training and instruction to cutting-edge tools for clinical phonetics and speech pathology. As ΑΙ increasingly mediates our understanding and manipulation of speech, questions of fairness, bias, and accessibility become central to the ethical deployment of these technologies, yet at the same time, AI offers powerful new methodologies for exploring acoustic signals, enabling unprecedented precision and scalability in phonetic analysis. By collating contributions that span the educational, clinical, and theoretical domains, this Special Issue aims to chart a path for the future of acoustic phonetics in an AI-augmented world. The thematic areas included in this issue are as follows:
- AI-driven apps for phonetic training;
- Use of AI for pronunciation instruction and learning;
- Applications of AI in clinical phonetics and speech pathology;
- Fairness and bias in phonetic AI systems;
- AI and the future of acoustic phonetic research.
Dr. Georgios P. Georgiou
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- phonetics
- phonology
- speech acquisition
- communication disorders
- artificial intelligence
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