Vietnamese Voice Research Articles

Voice Recognition and Inverse Kinematics Control for a Redundant Manipulator Based on a Multilayer Artificial Intelligence Network

This study presents the construction of a Vietnamese voice recognition module and inverse kinematics control of a redundant manipulator by using artificial intelligence algorithms. The first deep learning model is built to recognize and convert voice information into input signals of the inverse kinematics problem of a 6-degrees-of-freedom robotic manipulator. The inverse kinematics problem is solved based on the construction and training. The second deep learning model is built using the data determined from the mathematical model of the system’s geometrical structure, the limits of joint variables, and the workspace. The deep learning models are built in the PYTHON language. The efficient operation of the built deep learning networks demonstrates the reliability of the artificial intelligence algorithms and the applicability of the Vietnamese voice recognition module for various tasks.

A Novel Method for Recognizing Vietnamese Voice Commands on Smartphones with Support Vector Machine and Convolutional Neural Networks

This paper will present a new method of identifying Vietnamese voice commands using Google speech recognition (GSR) service results. The problem is that the percentage of correct identifications of Vietnamese voice commands in the Google system is not high. We propose a supervised machine-learning approach to address cases in which Google incorrectly identifies voice commands. First, we build a voice command dataset that includes hypotheses of GSR for each corresponding voice command. Next, we propose a correction system using support vector machine (SVM) and convolutional neural network (CNN) models. The results show that the correction system reduces errors in recognizing Vietnamese voice commands from 35.06% to 7.08% using the SVM model and 5.15% using the CNN model.

Vietnamese Voice Classification based on Deep Learning Approach

In the digital era, it is undeniable that voice classification plays a meaningful task in various aspects of life. In this research, we propose a method of predicting the gender and region of the Vietnamese voice which is based on the spectrum of sound using the deep learning approach. From the raw dataset, we conducted the preprocessing stage to take the audio dataset to the same frequency and time standard. After that, we extracted Mel Spectrogram feature and then put into a deep learning model - Convolutional Neural Network to train and optimize. Our experiments on 37 samples taken from VIVOS corpus audio dataset achieve the accuracy of 86.48% for predicting gender and 51.45% for predicting the region of the voice

Imperial Intoxication: Alcohol and the Making of Colonial Indochina by Gerard Sasges

Reviewed by: Imperial Intoxication: Alcohol and the Making of Colonial Indochina by Gerard Sasges Luke Corbin Gerard Sasges. 2017. Imperial Intoxication: Alcohol and the Making of Colonial Indochina. Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press. 280 pages; 8 illustrations; 2 maps. ISBN 9780824866884 This adroitly argued book, based on the writer's 2006 dissertation in history, unpacks what it terms the "alcohol regime" of colonial Indochina in relation to several carefully chosen contexts. Gerard Sasges spent over a decade in Vietnam during and after his dissertation research and displays a scholar's tenacity in probing his chosen subject area while not pushing his conclusions too far. At its core, this book stresses the importance of the alcohol regime as a "defining institution" of colonial Indochina, utilizing a contextual rather than strictly chronological approach to do so. Thus, the book's eight chapters do not necessarily flow as smoothly as some works of history that place more emphasis on a linear chronology or lay readability. The Introduction crucially outlines what is meant by the "alcohol regime," briefly discusses the importance of alcohol to the colony's subjects, and attempts to categorize the book's following chapters under one of two contexts: the global or the local. There is no Conclusion chapter but rather an Epilogue deliberating on the subsequent and contemporary legacies of the regime. Chapter One sets up the political economy of rice whiskey in Indochina before the alcohol regime became entrenched, highlighting the roles of Chinese syndicates, the Department of Customs and Monopolies, and the development of tax farms as enabling factors. It also takes care to decouple key events in the colony's history from the metropole, instead [End Page 147] arguing for "the initiatives and ambitions of officers and officials on the ground." Chapter Two focuses on twin technological innovations in fermentation and distilling crucial to the evolution of the regime and how the language of science was disingenuously used by interested parties in the state and private sector to discredit rice whiskey produced by traditional methods—here onto be defined as "native liquor." Chapter Three connects the colonial state to global developments in the theory and practice of governance. It argues that the vocabulary of development, growth, and the blind operation of economic laws played powerful roles in the Indochina alcohol regime after 1897. Chapter Four applies a geographical perspective; while the regime and attendant monopoly emerged from a convergence of the state's need for revenue with overproduction, the spatial characteristics of the regime were determined by physical and human geographies. Sasges uses three designated spaces: Tonkin, Cochinchina, and the "Near Beyond," to organize what he calls the state's incoherence and tentativeness. Chapter Five, the first to introduce some convincing personality and color, explains the role of the regime's bureaucracy, particularly the Department of Customs and Monopolies, which held mastery of the alcohol market through regulation and active policing; systems of surveillance, repression, and extortion coexisted alongside a rationalized bureaucracy in the largest civilian branch of the Indochinese state. Chapter Six gives the most space to Vietnamese voices. It uses the alcohol regime to examine nonviolent negotiations between the state and its subjects, as well as the more dramatic rebellions and everyday forms of resistance subalterns employed to subvert the regime and colonial oppression. Chapter Seven drills down on the rise and fall of Auguste Raphaël Fontaine. Originally, merely an investor in the first European-run distillery in Tonkin, Fontaine became the entrepreneur most pivotal to the monopoly component of the alcohol regime. Chapter Eight turns its lens to political reform, showing how debates surrounding the alcohol regime in consultative institutions and print media were connected to broader changes [End Page 148] in the colony. The regime was ultimately torn apart in 1945 and the book concludes with an epilogue ruminating on the regime's legacies and influence on other polities like Taiwan. Given their contextual arrangement, the chapters do repeat information occasionally but are delivered in economic writing style. There are occasional lapses into a literary mode, usually when the author tries to situate the reader in how certain protagonists, mostly colonialists, may have experienced the past. There are several unfortunate typographical...

Vietnamese Voices: A Project for Activating Student Autonomy

For foreign language education in Vietnam, passive teaching and learning with limited materials is thought to be associated with low achievement. This paper discusses the design and implementation of an innovative approach to guide students to build a Fun Reading Corner in foreign language using an autonomous-based approach in a Vietnam university. Survey data were collected before and after the project and from a focus group’s writing samples. The findings indicated that students’attitudes towards reading in French changed and their personal qualities and skills improved during the course. The paper concludes by explaining the significance of the results and implications for other Vietnamese foreign language programs.

Add Vietnamese People and Stir?: A Reflection on Burns’s and Novick’s The Vietnam War and A Call for New Interpretations

To a serious student of Vietnamese history, Ken Burns’s and Lynn Novick’s The Vietnam War is both refreshing and maddeningly unimaginative. Perhaps the most outstanding feature of the mini-series is the inclusion of politically diverse Vietnamese voices. The film boasts a rich tapestry of interviews with North and South Vietnamese veterans, communist guerilla fighters, and Vietnamese refugees. Their stories are interwoven with more familiar accounts of American soldiers, protestors, and government officials. Although the filmmakers give more airtime to American perspectives, The Vietnam War does a far better job of acknowledging competing Vietnamese viewpoints than most documentaries. Burns and Novick hoped that this “many sides” approach would convey the multifaceted complexity of the war. As they write in the companion volume to the documentary, “From the start, we vowed to each other that we would avoid the limits of a binary political perspective and the shortcuts of conventional wisdom and superficial history. This was a war of many perspectives, a Rashomon of equally plausible ‘stories,’ of secrets, lies, and distortions at every turn.”1

Chinese, Japanese or ‘Oriental’?: Vietnamese-passing in ‘super-diverse’ London

The young British-born Vietnamese are a relatively invisible group in ‘super-diverse’ London who are often misidentified in their everyday encounters. Eluding more straightforward processes of ethnic or racial assignment, the young Vietnamese ‘pass’ in various different ways as Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Thai or ‘Oriental’. Drawing upon primary interview data and participant observation, this article traces ‘passive’ and ‘deliberate’ forms of passing to highlight how intersecting processes of class, gender and place enable/engender different kinds of passing. It is argued that Vietnamese-passing challenges more ‘celebratory’ readings of (super-) diversity by concealing (and depoliticising) difference and erasing Vietnamese voices rather than allowing for their proliferation. It is suggested that practices of passing may become more common in super-diverse societies, as markers of visible difference become increasingly complex and less determinable, especially among newer, non-colonial migrant groups who are more ambiguously positioned within existing identity regimes.

Introduction: New Black Power Studies: National, International, and Transnational Perspectives

movement for represented in many ways a new phase in the black freedom struggle in the United States and other parts of the African world. And whereas the campaigns in the United States to end legal segregation and to advance black civil rights have been the subject of scholarly analysis for several decades, Black Power Studies is an emerging subfield in African and African American Studies and in the history of the African Diaspora. And even at this early stage of scholarly research and interpretation, certain themes and trends have emerged in the examination of the Black Power Movement (BPM), especially regarding continuities and discontinuities with earlier social, political, and cultural movements among African-descended people. This Special Issue of Journal of African American History presents Black Power which document those characteristics shared with earlier black social movements as well as those organizations, activities, and leaders who arrived on the political and cultural scene only in the late 1960s and 1970s. (1) Scholars have already described the preoccupation with Africa and African affairs on the part of Black Power groups such as Malcolm X's Organization of Afro-American Unity, Maulana Karenga's US Organization, the Republic of New Africa; the advocates for the creation of Black Studies programs; and Stokely Carmichael and other Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) members in the late 1960s. (2) Fanon Che Wilkins in his essay The Making of Black Internationalists: SNCC and Africa Before the Launching of Black Power, 1960-1965 presents a well-documented account of the relations between the black student activists and Africa in the 1960s. James Forman, who served as SNCC Executive Secretary beginning in early 1961, had been involved in African Studies from his undergraduate years when he studied with social scientist St. Clair Drake at Roosevelt University in Chicago. Forman established the connections between SNCC and the Pan African Students Organization in the Americas and other international student organizations, and coordinated joint protests and other activities with African students and diplomats in the United States. 1964 trip of eleven SNCC members to Africa solidified the relationships between the newly independent African nations and African Americans, and laid the groundwork for increased international activities in the Black Power era in the late 1960s. Black Power era witnessed not only a cultural and artistic revolution among African-descended people in various parts of the world, but also the appearance of a wide variety of new black publications, including Black Scholar, First World (magazine), Journal of Black Studies, and Review of Black Political Economy, founded in 1970 by economist Robert S. Browne. (3) In her essay An African-Vietnamese American: Robert S. Browne, the Antiwar Movement, and the Personal/Political Dimensions of Black Internationalism, Judy Tzu-Chun Wu examines the unique internationalist perspective that Browne brought to the movement for Black Power. Browne not only lived and worked in Southeast Asia for the U.S. government in the 1950s, he also married a woman of Vietnamese and Chinese ancestry. When nationwide protests erupted in the late 1960s over the U.S. war in Vietnam, Browne emerged as the authentic African Vietnamese voice in numerous antiwar campaigns and protests. Wu documents Browne's activities in support of the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Vietnam long before that stance was taken by other civil rights and Black Power leaders and organizations. As Browne pointed out, I was the one Black who had been connected with [the antiwar] movement before prominent Blacks like Martin Luther King, Julian Bond, and Dick Gregory eventually spoke out. movement for Black Power emerged in the United States in 1966 and eventually spread internationally to the Caribbean and South America, and in South Africa with the launching of the Black Consciousness Movement led by Steven Biko. …

Toward a New Canon: The Vietnam Conflict Through Vietnamese Lenses

What is Vietnam? We know that before it was an adjective it was a proper noun, signifying not a war but a country. However.. .for Americans there has long been no country there but the war.1 One of the most serious problems with works addressing films about the Vietnam is that, to some degree, they will always participate in the reduction of Viet Nam the country to Vietnam (or in especially derogatory cases 'Nam) the war. Where Vietnam is spoken of, it is always in the context of America, as half of an uneasy but seemingly indissoluble historical couple. To reduce Viet Nam to the war between that country and America (a war that is significantly referred to as the War in Viet Nam), or to any war for that matter, is obviously problematic. Nevertheless, films about war have a unique ability to reveal important historical and cultural aspects of a people as a result of the necessary intersections of nationalism, art, and history that they contain.2 Because Viet Nam has endured many wars throughout its long history, not the least of which was the American conflict, studying Vietnamese films that treat issues of war might be seen as especially instructive. This paper focuses on films about the Vietnam/American as a way into the problems of cross-cultural communication between the United States and Viet Nam with the hope that the incorporation of Vietnamese and Vietnamese diasporic films into the international canon of films about the war might be seen as a first step in recognizing the existence of Vietnamese national and diasporic identities in cinema. These filmmakers bring to bear their own histories and future aspirations which differ from, intersect with, and translate those of America and Viet Nam independently. My project attempts to expand the familiar canon of films about the Vietnam to include not only films made in Viet Nam but also Vietnamese American interventions into the established formulas of both countries' portrayals of war. and Humanity on the Home Front: Vietnamese Voices and Visions When the average American thinks of films about the Vietnam they no doubt recall canonized classics such as The Deer Hunter (Cimino, 1978), Full Metal Jacket (Kubrick, 1987), and Platoon (Stone, 1986). However, the recognized corpus of American films about the conflict fails to offer a complete and balanced picture of the war, even in the rare instances where these films feature Vietnamese characters. While American fiction films about the war have been duly criticized in recent years for their often blatantly stereotypical or derogatory treatment of the Vietnamese, such criticism does not adequately redress the striking absence of Vietnamese subjectivity in these films. One of the problems with the American conception of Vietnam films is that films about the war from Viet Nam have not been largely available. It is most likely not until 1989, when a group of films made in Viet Nam toured the United States under the aegis of the Vietnam Film Project, that Americans were able to see Vietnamese films about the war with English subtitles.3 Three of these films: Nguyen Xuan Son's Fairytale for Seventeen-Year Olds (1986), Dang Nhat Minh's When the Tenth Month Comes (1984), and Nguyen Hong Sen's The Abandoned Field - Free Fire Zone (1979), which are available on site at the UCLA Film and Television Archive, will be discussed here. However, it is disheartening to note that today, fifteen years after the Vietnam Film Project sought to make Americans aware of Vietnamese history, culture, and subjectivity, none of these films are readily available on video or DVD in the United States. Both Nguyen Xuan Son and Dang Nhat Minh's films are similar in that they provide an altogether different definition of the war film from what we are accustomed to in the United States. These films scrap the battle-centric, individual quest narratives of Hollywood Vietnam films for narratives which center on families who, despite their distance from the battlefield, feel the effects of the war every bit as acutely. …

Vietnamese Voices: Gender and Cultural Identity in the Vietnamese Francophone Novel

Vietnamese Voices: Gender and Cultural Identity in the Vietnamese Francophone Novel

Vietnamese voices: gender and cultural identity in the vietnamese francophone novel. by nathalie huynh chau nguyen. dekalb: southeast asia publications/center for southeast asian studies/northern illinois university, 2003. pp. xi, 238. notes, references, index.

vietnamese voices: gender and cultural identity in the vietnamese francophone novel. by nathalie huynh chau nguyen. dekalb: southeast asia publications/center for southeast asian studies/northern illinois university, 2003. pp. xi, 238. notes, references, index. - Volume 36 Issue 3

Vietnamese Voices: Gender and Cultural Identity in the Vietnamese Francophone Novel

Vietnamese Voices: Gender and Cultural Identity in the Vietnamese Francophone Novel

Vietnamese Voices: Gender and Cultural Identity in the Vietnamese Francophone Novel by Nathalie Huynh Chau Nguyen (review)

Vietnamese Voices: Gender and Cultural Identity in the Vietnamese Francophone Novel by Nathalie Huynh Chau Nguyen (review)

The Local/Global Politics of Boston’s Viet-Vote

This article recalls the incident in 1992 where City Councilor Albert ‘Dapper’ O’Neil of Boston made a racist remark towards the Vietnamese community. The incident points out the lack of political clout and education Vietnamese people have due to their poverty and refugee status. If we want to make a difference in the political processes we need to exercise our right to vote. Community-based organizations, Viet-Aid, have also helped Vietnamese population to overcome barriers in their ability to participate in political actions. The 2003 Viet-Vote Campaign goals are to empower the Vietnamese community through civic engagement. The Viet-Vote influence extends that of local politics as it also attempts to represent Vietnamese voice, power, and spotlight on different issues from jobs to bilingual education. The Viet-Vote campaign help increase voter participation in the fall of 2003. The impact of Boston’s Viet-Vote campaign is far-ranging and multifaceted as it help launch the Vietnamese American Community Center and the establishment of community development projects.

Executive Commentary

The article presents a response to the article “Working in a Vietnamese Voice,” by Lady Barton. The author discusses some aspects of Vietnamese culture and society that make it appear an ideal business environment in either for profit or not-for-profit enterprises. He describes several instances in hi past in which he committed various cultural faux pas, including a specific event he relates in detail. The author concludes by stressing the importance of understanding the cultural norms and values of countries in which one is operating.

Working in a Vietnamese voice

Executive Overview Vietnam is on the move, gaining experience with the global economy and attracting foreign investors, development workers, scholars, and artists. The last decade has brought unprecedented changes. Nevertheless, Vietnam remains challenging to expatriates working with Vietnamese partners. Of course, not all Vietnamese are alike: some are more Western, while others are more traditional. This article describes Vietnam's culture and work relationships. During recent years, management practices have emerged that increase the need for transparent management systems. Ten principles for working with Vietnamese counterparts are offered to help managers guide their organizations toward long-term success. A version of this article published in 1994 was the first description of work practices in Vietnam, and thus the first piece to name and describe the concepts sketched herein. Business executives, journalists, academics, and the staffs of international nongovernmental organizations (INGOs), bilaterals, businesses, the IMF, and the World Bank used the 1994 version. This revision incorporates their suggestions; it is not heavily documented, since it is original work expanded through comprehensive consultation, as defined below.1