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Detection of Pronunciation Errors in Arabic Sentences Using LLM with Voice-Based Transformer Models

Ses Tabanlı Dönüştürücü Modeller Kullanılarak LLM ile Arapça Cümlelerdeki Telaffuz Hatalarının Tespiti

Şükrü Selim Çalık(KOCAELI UNIVERSITY)0000-0002-3884-7966
Zeynep Hilal Kilimci(KOCAELI UNIVERSITY, FACULTY OF TECHNOLOGY, DEPARTMENT OF INFORMATION SYSTEMS ENGINEERING, INFORMATION SYSTEMS ENGINEERING PR.)0000-0003-1497-305X
Ayhan Küçükmanisa(KOCAELI UNIVERSITY, FACULTY OF ENGINEERING, DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRONICS AND COMMUNICATIONS ENGINEERING, ELECTRONICS AND COMMUNICATION ENGINEERING PR.)0000-0002-1886-1250
Pages
74–85
Publication Date
2026-06-12
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This study aims to contribute to both the field of language technologies and religious education practices by presenting a new approach to the analysis and evaluation of Arabic Qur'anic recitation with automated methods.

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Objective & Hypothesis:The Holy Qur'an is not only a holy book for Muslims, but also a text whose correct and beautiful recitation is considered worship.
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Key Findings & Data:In this study, we propose a system for evaluating the accuracy of the data generated as a result of reading Arabic Qur'an texts aloud.
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Conclusion & Impact:This study aims to contribute to both the field of language technologies and religious education practices by presenting a new approach to the analysis and evaluation of Arabic Qur'anic recitation with automated methods.
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⚙️Variables:Arapça ses tanıma · derin öğrenme modelleri · telaffuz doğruluğu

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The Holy Qur'an is not only a holy book for Muslims, but also a text whose correct and beautiful recitation is considered worship. Therefore, the correct pronunciation of Qur'an recitation is of great importance both religiously and educationally. Especially in the digitalized world, the evaluation of audio Qur'an data with automatic methods stands out as an important field of study that can contribute to the development of new generation educational tools and artificial intelligence-based applications. In this study, we propose a system for evaluating the accuracy of the data generated as a result of reading Arabic Qur'an texts aloud. Within the scope of the system, audio data is converted into text using different speech-to-text models and the resulting texts are analyzed with various similarity metrics by comparing them with the reference Quran text. The dataset used includes high-quality audio recordings read by Quran memorizers. Ten different hafiz, each with experience in Qur'anic education, recited the entire Qur'an aloud and these recordings were used as the basic data in the evaluation processes of the system. This study aims to contribute to both the field of language technologies and religious education practices by presenting a new approach to the analysis and evaluation of Arabic Qur'anic recitation with automated methods.

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Kur’an-ı Kerim, Müslümanlar için yalnızca bir kutsal kitap değil, aynı zamanda doğru ve güzel bir şekilde okunması ibadet sayılan bir metindir. Bu nedenle, Kur’an tilavetinin doğru telaffuzla yapılması hem dini hem de eğitsel açıdan büyük önem taşımaktadır. Özellikle dijitalleşen dünyada, sesli Kur’an verilerinin otomatik yöntemlerle değerlendirilmesi, yeni nesil eğitim araçlarının ve yapay zekâ tabanlı uygulamaların gelişimine katkı sağlayabilecek önemli bir çalışma alanı olarak öne çıkmaktadır. Bu çalışmada, Arapça Kur’an metinlerinin sesli okunması sonucunda oluşan verilerin doğruluğunu değerlendirmeye yönelik bir sistem önerilmektedir. Sistem kapsamında, farklı speech-to-text (konuşmadan metne) modelleri kullanılarak ses verileri metne dönüştürülmekte ve elde edilen metinler, referans Kur’an metni ile karşılaştırılarak çeşitli benzerlik metrikleriyle analiz edilmektedir.Kullanılan veri kümesi, Kur’an hafızları tarafından okunmuş yüksek kaliteli ses kayıtlarını içermektedir. Her biri Kur’an eğitiminde tecrübeli 10 farklı hafız, Kur’an-ı Kerim’in tamamını sesli olarak okumuş ve bu kayıtlar, sistemin değerlendirme süreçlerinde temel veri olarak kullanılmıştır.Bu çalışma, Arapça Kur’an tilavetinin yeni nesil yöntemlerle analiz edilmesi ve değerlendirilmesine yönelik yeni bir yaklaşım sunarak, hem dil teknolojileri alanına hem de dinî eğitim uygulamalarına katkı sağlamayı amaçlamaktadır.

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Çalık, Ş. S., Kilimci, Z. H., Küçükmanisa, A. (2026). Detection of Pronunciation Errors in Arabic Sentences Using LLM with Voice-Based Transformer Models. Kocaeli Journal of Science and Engineering, Cilt: 2026 Sayı: 17, 74–85. https://doi.org/10.34088/kojose.1867692

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