Title :
A novel speech controller for radio amateurs with a vision impairment
Author :
Lin, Chih-Lung ; Bai, Bo-Ren ; Du, Li-Chun ; Hu, Cheng-Tao ; Young, Shuenn-Tsong ; Kuo, Te-Son
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Nat. Taiwan Univ., Taipei, Taiwan
fDate :
3/1/2000 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
Describes a portable speech controller system for persons with a vision impairment to adjust the channel frequency of a radio set via speech commands. The speech commands are recognized on a general-purpose digital signal processor using a hidden Markov model (HMM), and are used to remotely control radio channel changes
Keywords :
handicapped aids; hidden Markov models; radio equipment; speech; vision defects; general-purpose digital signal processor; portable speech controller system; radio amateurs; radio set channel frequency adjustment; remotely control radio channel changes; speech controller; vision impairment; Biomedical engineering; Communication system control; Control systems; Digital signal processing chips; Frequency; Hidden Markov models; Radio control; Signal processing algorithms; Speech processing; Speech recognition;
Journal_Title :
Rehabilitation Engineering, IEEE Transactions on
