Using NameCoach at U-M in Canvas

The NameCoach AI audio feature is an AI tool from the company NameCoach that automatically generates an audio pronunciation of a person's name, even if they haven't recorded it themselves. It uses AI to determine the most likely pronunciation based on demographic factors, providing an alternative to user recordings and helping to ensure inclusivity and reduce mispronunciations.

 Use NameCoach in your Canvas Courses

1. NameCoach Recorder - The NameCoach AI audio feature is an AI tool from the company NameCoach that automatically generates an audio pronunciation of a person's name, even if they haven't recorded it themselves. It uses AI to determine the most likely pronunciation based on demographic factors, providing an alternative to user recordings and helping to ensure inclusivity and reduce mispronunciations. 
    
   1. Record your name
   2. Listed under Canvas Account Profile
   3. Phonetic spelling guide
2. NameCoach Roster
   1. Listen and learn others' names
   2. Listed on Canvas course menu
   3. Update the phonetic spelling in one course and it will propagate across all courses in Canvas, when you click on the update button under your name. If you change the phonetic spelling listed under the roster in the column beside your name, that change will only apply to that course.

Record Your Name

Hear your name in a Canvas profile using NameCoach Recorder and confirm or re-record.

1. Log in to Canvas:
   1. UM-Ann Arbor Canvas
   2. UM-Dearborn Canvas
   3. UM-Flint Canvas
2. Select Account
3. Select NameCoach Recording from the list of options and follow available recording or editing options on the page. NOTE: Maximum time allowed for recording a name is 10 seconds.
4. Choose one of the 3 recording options:
   1. Phone
   2. Web Recorder (Note: If you are using Chrome, your audio may sound low pitch because of a difference between how the audio is recorded and saved.)
   3. Uploader
5. Click Submit to save the recording

If you choose to re-record in Canvas Account profile:

How it Works

1. AI Generation:
   When a user's name appears in a NameCoach roster (like in a Canvas course), the system uses AI to generate a recommended audio pronunciation.
2. Verification:
   Users can then listen to the AI-generated audio.
3. Confirmation:
   If the AI pronunciation is correct, the user can confirm it, turning it into a verified pronunciation for others to use.
4. Corrections:
   If the AI pronunciation is incorrect, the user can record their own version, which the AI then learns from. 

If you choose to re-record using SSO Link for Email Signature or MCommunity or NameCoach Salutation (Commencement or Event Name Recording):

1. Record your name
2. Listed under Canvas Account Profile
3. Phonetic spelling guide

Where in Canvas does your recorded audio appear?

1. Select a course in Canvas:
   • UM-Ann Arbor Canvas
   • UM-Dearborn Canvas
   • UM-Flint Canvas
2. Select NameCoach Roster from the list of available options on the left navigation menu
   1. Click on the Update button below your name.
   2. Type in how you would phonetically pronounce your name, for help refer to the Phonetic spelling guide.
   3. Select the Web Recorder option, then press the Submit and Finish button if you do not need to rerecord your name.
3. NameCoach page with two tabs appears:
   1. Recorded Names lists all students within the Course.
   2. Unrecorded Names lists all students who have not recorded their names within the course. (Note: Instructors can go to Unrecorded Names and send a reminder email to student to record their names.)
4. Recorded names appear under Course