Title :
Personalised ADPCM speech playback devices for the non-vocal and the non-vocal physically handicapped
Author :
Reilly, R.B. ; DePaor, A.M.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron. & Electr. Eng., Univ. Coll. Dublin, Ireland
Abstract :
Two personalised instantaneous speech playback devices were designed and developed. Both centred upon the memory efficiency advantages of Adaptive Differential Pulse Coded Modulation (ADPCM). One system is handheld and offers 64 seconds of speech. The second system has a dictionary of 230 four second phrases and is PC based
Keywords :
handicapped aids; speech synthesis; ADPCM; Adaptive Differential Pulse Coded Modulation; speech playback devices; vocally handicapped;
Conference_Titel :
Systems and Applications of Man-Machine Interaction Using Speech I/O, IEE Colloquium on
Conference_Location :
London
