Title :
The Learning Aide: a device developed for autistic children who are computer literate
Author :
Vidal, William, III ; Pruehsner, William R. ; Enderle, John D.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Syst. Eng., Connecticut Univ., Storrs, CT, USA
Abstract :
The Learning Aide, acting as a computer interface, provides a means of communication via auditory and screen prompts between an autistic child and his teachers and caregivers. Users can send recorded messages to the Learning Aid via a remote recorder or a standard computer voice recognition program. Messages can be heard from the computer or the remote recorder over a speaker built into the Learning Aide
Keywords :
computer aided instruction; handicapped aids; paediatrics; speech recognition equipment; speech-based user interfaces; Learning Aide; auditory prompts; autistic children; computer interface; computer literate children; remote recorder; screen prompts; speech conversion software; speech to text interface; voice recognition program; Autism; Birth disorders; Cancer; Computer interfaces; Ear; Engineering students; Microcontrollers; Power transformers; Speech recognition; Systems engineering and theory;
Conference_Titel :
Bioengineering Conference, 2000. Proceedings of the IEEE 26th Annual Northeast
Conference_Location :
Storrs, CT
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-6341-8
DOI :
10.1109/NEBC.2000.842435
