cs.CLJul 1, 2026

Speech Playground: An Interactive Tool for Speech Analysis and Comparison

Authors: Stephen McIntoshDaisuke SaitoNobuaki Minematsu

Organizations: The University of Tokyo, Japan

Abstract

This paper presents Speech Playground, an interactive speech visualization and comparison tool. While existing tools such as Praat are excellent, it can be cumbersome to integrate them with modern deep learning representations and use them for comparison. Speech Playground addresses this by combining a Python backend with a web-based frontend for interactive exploration of multiple feature types, including continuous, discrete, and variable-length representations. It includes TextGrid and forced alignment support together with configurable distance and alignment settings for visual and auditory comparison. Speech Playground is intended for use in speech research, representation validation, and computer-aided pronunciation training (CAPT)-oriented experimentation.

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