Comparison of Thai sounds for those who want to learn Thai

Abstract

Because recently it can be seen that more and more people are interested in learning Thai. and come from many countries around the world Making foreigners increasingly interested in the Thai language. This trend of interest comes with the opening of many things in the digital world. Opening borders in the field of language Easier travel Exporting products to exporting dramas, series, and various soft power trends. The objective is for foreigners who come to learn Thai or come to work in Thailand. Knowing how well he spoke Thai and how similar he was to native speakers, the researchers created a model to develop a comparison of Thai sounds for those who want to learn Thai. The tool that will be used to compare the sounds of the Thai language, the researcher uses the Whisper Small model. It involves matching sounds to compare Thai spoken sounds with similarities in sequences that differ in time or speed. And there will be a transcript of the foreigner's voice. You must understand the characteristics of the sound signal in terms of time and frequency in order to use it in the work of communication and want to practice the Thai language. In Thai pronunciation, foreigners may not be sure whether they speak clearly or how similar they are to native speakers. And from the experiment that the researcher conducted, the results were that words or sentences spoken by foreigners were transcribed in the Whisper Small model. The results of the transliteration were quite accurate in terms of language a lot.