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Abstract
In this article we present the Danish speech trainer Talebob ("Speech Bob"), an interactive CALL1-tool developed at the Danish Center for Applied Speech Technology. Talebob is intended for use in language classes in a vast and thinly populated part of the Nordic area where IT-based teaching materials are in high demand. The tool allows the pupil (aged 9 to 14) to train his or her spoken Danish concentrating on pronunciation aspects such as speech tempo, prosodic contour, and articulation. Having tested Talebob in four countries, we report on our technical, phonetic, and didactic results. The main purpose of the present article, however, is to introduce the Talebob developer's workbench allowing foreign language teachers in any country to import and localize Talebob for use in his or her own classroom.