DocumentCode
1602812
Title
A study on the effectiveness of biometrics based alternative communication tool
Author
Ann, Ong Chin ; Theng, Lau Bee
Author_Institution
Sch. of Eng., Comput. & Sci., Swinburne Univ. of Technol., Kuching, Malaysia
fYear
2011
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
4
Abstract
People with Cerebral Palsy (CP) suffer from speech, physical and intellectual disabilities. Many augmentative and alternative communication tools (AAC) have been developed and recommended by speech pathologies to improve their communication ability. However, the existing recommended AAC tools seem to be less efficient as they focused on text-to-speech, speech-to-text or touch-screen. They required users to have physical coordination with the interfaces but the people with CP find them unmanageable. This paper discusses the investigation on the effectiveness of using biometrics information i.e. facial expressions as an alternative communication tool.
Keywords
biometrics (access control); speech synthesis; alternative communication tools; augmentative communication; biometrics based alternative communication tool; biometrics information; cerebral palsy; facial expressions; physical coordination; speech pathology; speech-to-text; text-to-speech; touch screen; Accuracy; Biometrics; Educational institutions; Face; Face recognition; Real time systems; Speech; Augmentative and alternative bommunication; biometrics information; cerebral palsy; facial expressions;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Information, Communications and Signal Processing (ICICS) 2011 8th International Conference on
Conference_Location
Singapore
Print_ISBN
978-1-4577-0029-3
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/ICICS.2011.6173578
Filename
6173578
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