An animated display of tongue, lip and jaw movements during speech: A proper basis for speech aids to the handicapped and other speech technologies

Author

Hochberg, J.G. ; Laroche, F. ; Levy, S. ; Papcun, G. ; Thomas, T.R.

Author_Institution

Los Alamos Nat. Lab., NM, USA

fYear

1992

fDate

1-5 Feb 1992

Firstpage

57

Lastpage

59

Abstract

The authors have developed a method for inferring articulatory parameters from acoustics. For this method, an X-ray microbeam records the movements of the lower lip, tongue tip and tongue dorsum during normal speech. A neural network is then trained to map from concurrently recorded acoustic data to the articulatory data. The device has applications in speech therapy as a lip-reading aid, and as a basis for other speech technologies including speech and speaker recognition and low data-rate speech transmission

Keywords

computer animation; handicapped aids; natural language interfaces; neural nets; speech analysis and processing; speech recognition; X-ray microbeam; acoustics; animated display; articulatory parameters; handicapped; lip-reading aid; low data-rate speech transmission; neural network; speaker recognition; speech recognition; speech therapy; Acoustic devices; Acquired immune deficiency syndrome; Animation; Computer displays; Laboratories; Loudspeakers; Neural networks; Postal services; Speech; Tongue;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Computing Applications to Assist Persons with Disabilities, 1992., Proceedings of the Johns Hopkins National Search for

Conference_Location

Laurel, MD

Print_ISBN

0-8186-2730-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CAAPWD.1992.217393

Filename

217393