Brian Gallagher interviews Paul Raine of ZenGengo and EigoAI. In this episode they discuss his research and experience over the last 2 decades, including text-to-speech, automatic speech recognition, GenAI, and machine translation. As a veteran JALTCALL member since 2011, Paul has contributed in many ways to the EFL community in Japan and beyond. He has developed several web-based language teaching platforms, including Apps4EFL, ABAX LMS, ZenGengo, and now EigoAI, among others. Looking back on the last decade of CALL-related reports and applications, they discuss the technologies that go end-of-life very quickly and those that last the test of time. The problems of link rot and technology aging prompt companies to develop more robust systems and pave the way to better evolution of technology that optimizes the user experience. EigoAI will be the main sponsor at this year's JALTCALL Conference, where you will be able to meet and talk with Paul in person. We hope you take this great chance. This interview was recorded online in April 2025, prior to the PANSIG conference, with a few extra questions from Geoff Carr. Check out Paul Raine's work at https://zengengo.com, https://eigo.ai/ and paulsensei.com. We hope you enjoy the show.

Paul Raine Interview w Brian G May 2025

In this conference-week episode, Robert Remmerswaal hosts Geoff Carr and Joe Suzuki-Parker in the monthly "Studio Talk" They discuss the options we have for listening platforms and sources. So, who is listening to what? How about the JALT Listening SIG and their podcast?
What are students listening to and what should we recommend? They go on to talk about AI and copyright before some quick reminders about the conference this week.
Many thanks to Paul Raine and Eigo.AI for sponsoring this episode and joining us at the conference this week. Stop by our booth for a chat and to tell us what you want to hear next on the JALTCALL Podcast.
Enjoy the show!

July 2025 Conference Week Studio Talk w Robert, Geoff & Joe

This episode is a collection of short impromptu interviews of participants who attended the JALTCALL 2025 Conference at Tokyo University of Science in July 2025. It includes talks with people during the coffee break at the end of the poster session and continues to the Saturday evening dinner reception, where everyone got a chance to network with new and old acquaintances while enjoying plenty of delicious food and some light beverages.
We thank the folk who kindly shared their thoughts with us and especially the kind words about our podcast platform. Enjoy the show.

2025 JALTCALL Conference participant interviews

Japan association for Language Teaching (JALT) Computer Assisted Language Learning Special Interest Group. (JALTCALL)

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